adjective
- affected by gangrene; having tissue that has died and decayed due to lack of blood supply
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor examined the gangrened tissue on the patient’s foot.
- Without proper treatment, the wound became gangrened.
- The gangrened limb required immediate amputation.
- Frostbite can lead to gangrened fingers and toes.
- The surgeon removed all the gangrened flesh from the injury.
- Poor circulation caused the gangrened condition in his leg.