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Definition: Gangrenous |
GangrenousAdjective1. Suffering from tissue death. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A circumscribed, deep-seated, suppurative inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue of the eyelid discharging pus from several points. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: GangrenousSynonym: mortified (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gangrenous |
| English words defined with "gangrenous": gangrene ♦ Putrid sore throat ♦ Saint Anthony's fire, slough, Spacelate, Sphacelation, sphacelus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gangrenous": flegmon or phlegmon, Fusobacterium ♦ gangrenous blepharitis ♦ Pasteurella multocida ♦ serotypes. (references) |
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Screenplays | There should be a special level of hell for this pus-sucking, gangrenous malignancy of a mental amoeba. (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; writing credit: Ervin Iunapuu) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Gangrene: Two gangrenous legs] / J:v:d: Spyk sculps.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [View of wounded gangrenous leg].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [View of wounded gangrenous hand].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| "Gangrenous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gangrenous" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "gangrenous": become gangrenous ♦ gangrenous blepharitis ♦ gangrenous coryza. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gangrenous | 3 |
bowel gangrenous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gangrenous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i vdekur (asleep, dead, deceased, decedent, defunct, departed, extinct, gathered to one's fathers, lifeless, stone-dead), i gangrenizuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | مميت (deadly, deathly, fatal, fateful, grave, internecine, lethal, mortal, pernicious), مغنغر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гангренясал (sphacelate), гангренозен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 腐爛 (become rotten; become gangrenous). (various references) | |
Czech | snìtivý. (various references) | |
Danish | gangrænøs absces (gangrenous abscess), gangræna (gangrene, gangrenous inflammation), gangrænøs blepharit (blepharitis gangraenosa, gangrenous blepharitis), gangrænøs cholecystit (gangrenous cholecystitis), gangrænøs erysipelas (gangrenous erysipelas), gangraenoes balanit (Corbus disease, gangrenous balanitis), gingivitis ulcerosa gangrænosa (ulcerative gangrenous gingivitis, ulcerative gingivitis), gangræn (gangrene, gangrenous inflammation), noma (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), tredie grads forfrysning (gangrenous congelation, third degree congelation), ondartet katarrhfeber hos kvaeg (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), balanitis gangraenosa (gangrenous balanitis), escara (eschar, gangrenous crust), ergotismus gangrænosus (gangrenous ergotism), diphteria gangrænosa (gangrenous diphtheria), congelatio escharotica (gangrenous congelation, third degree congelation), cancrum oris (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), brandsårsnekrose (eschar, gangrenous crust), brandsårskorpe (eschar, gangrenous crust). (various references) | |
Dutch | gangreneuze blepharitis (blepharitis gangraenosa, gangrenous blepharitis), gangreneus absces (gangrenous abscess), gangreneuze cholecystitis (gangrenous cholecystitis), gangreneuze difterie (gangrenous diphtheria), gangreneuze inflammatie (gangrenous inflammation), gangraena oris (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), gingivitis ulcerosa (necrotizing gingivitis, ulcerative gangrenous gingivitis, ulcerative gingivitis), eschara (eschar, gangrenous crust), boosaardige catarrale koorts (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), boosaardige kopziekte (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), cancer aquaticus (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), cancrum oris (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), crusta gangraenosa (eschar, gangrenous crust), erysipelas gangraenosum (gangrenous erysipelas), balanitis gangraenosa (Corbus disease, gangrenous balanitis), stomatitis gangraenosa (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), ziekte van Corbus (Corbus disease, gangrenous balanitis), snotziekte (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), snotsiekte (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), noma (gangrenous stomatitis, noma), ergotismus gangraenosus (ergotism, gangrene due to ergotism, gangrenous ergotism). (various references) | |
Farsi | مبتلابه قانقاریا. (various references) | |
Finnish | tulehduskuolio (gangrenous inflammation), kuolioinen tulehdus (gangrenous inflammation), kinokuume (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte), inflammatio necrotica (gangrenous inflammation). (various references) | |
French | gangreneux. (various references) | |
German | brandig (blasted, burnt, heated, mildewy, suffering from blight). (various references) | |
Greek | γαγγραινώδησ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'וע ב מק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | üszkös (cankered, festering, mortified, necrotic, smutty). (various references) | |
Italian | cancrenoso (cankerous). (various references) | |
Manx | loau (bad, bad as meat, carious, corrupt, decayed, foul, putrefactive, putrescent, putrid, rotted, rotten, stagnate, stale), gangrailagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | angrepet av koldbrann. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | angrenousgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gangrenar (canker, sphacelate). (various references) | |
Romanian | gangrenos (gangrened), cangrenat. (various references) | |
Russian | гангренозный, омертвелый. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gangrenozan. (various references) | |
Spanish | gangrenoso (putrid). (various references) | |
Swedish | elakartad katarralfeber (bovine malignant catarrh, catarrhal fever, gangrenous coryza, malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle), malignant head catarrh, snotsiekte). (various references) | |
Turkish | kangrenli (sphacelate, sphacelous). (various references) | |
Ukranian | гангренозний, змертвілий. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coryza gangraenosa bovum, inflammatio necrotica. (various references) |
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"Gangrenous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gangrenosum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gangrenous" (pronounced 'Gan"gre*nous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Absonous, Acrogenous, Acuminous, Adenous, Adipogenous, AEruginous, Agynous, Alburnous, Altisonous, Aluminous, Ambaginous, Ambigenous, Amnigenous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Anachronous, Anisostemonous, Annotinous, Anodynous, Antherogenous, Asparaginous, asynchronous, Athermanous, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Bituminous, Blennogenous, Bombycinous, Calcigenous, Caliginous, Caprigenous, Cartilaginous, Cerasinous, Ceruminous, Chitinous, Chondrigenous, Chromatogenous, Collagenous, Concinnous, Consonous, Conterminous, Coralligenous, Coterminous, Covenous, Criminous, Cymophanous, Cytogenous, Diaphanous, Diathermanous, Diclinous, Digenous, Digonous, Diplostemonous, Dipyrenous, Discriminous, Electrotonous, Endecagynous, Endogenous, Enginous, Enneagynous, Entogenous, Epigynous, Epileptogenous, Eruginous, Euphonous, Exalbuminous, Exogenous, Exsanguinous, Extogenous, Farraginous, Fascinous, Favaginous, Felonous, Ferruginous, Fibrinogenous, fibrinous, Fluctisonous, Fluminous, Foraminous, Fortitudinous, Fuliginous, Gelatigenous, gelatinous, Geminous, -genous, Glutinous, Grandinous, Haematogenous, Halogenous, Haplostemonous, heinous, heterogenous, Heterogonous, Heterogynous, homogenous, Homogonous, Homotonous, Horrisonous, Hydrogenous, Hydrophanous, Hygrophanous, Hypogynous, Idiocyclophanous, Idiophanous, Ignigenous, Illuminous, Impennous, Impetiginous, Incanous, Inconcinnous, indigenous, Intermembranous, intravenous, isochronous, Isopogonous, Isostemonous, Kaligenous, Keratogenous, larcenous, Latitudinous, leguminous, lentiginous, libidinous, lithogenous, lomatinous, Longimanous, Lumbaginous, luminous, Manganous, Marigenous, Megalophonous, Melligenous, Melostemonous, membranous, microphonous, misogynous, Moliminous, Molybdenous, monoclinous, Monogenous, monogynous, Monophanous, Monopyrenous, monotonous, Montigenous, Mucigenous, Mucilaginous, Multisonous, Multitudinous, Mutinous, Nasicornous, Nitrogenous, Nonbituminous, Nonnitrognous, Nonoxygenous, Nubigenous, Obdiplostemonous, Octagynous, Oleaginous, Ominous, Omnigenous, Operculigenous, Oxygenous, ozonous, Paludinous, Pedimanous, Pentagonous, Peptogenous, Perigynous, Phagedenous, Phlogogenous, Pinguidinous, Platinous, Platitudinous, Plumbaginous, Polygenous, Polygonous, Polyphonous, Prasinous, Proteinous, Proterogynous, Protogynous, Pruinous, Pruriginous, Purpurogenous, Putredinous, Pyrogenous, Pyrolignous, Pyrophanous, Quadricornous, Quadrumanous, Rapinous, Reciprocornous, Rubedinous, Rurigenous, salsuginous, Sanguigenous, Saphenous, Scaturiginous, Sclerogenous, Scrutinous, Self-luminous, Semidiaphanous, Sensigenous, Serotinous, Serpentigenous, Serpentinous, Serpiginous, Skeletogenous, Spermatogenous, Sphagnous, Spiculigenous, spinous, Stannous, Sterquilinous, Subcartilaginous, Subgelatinous, Subspinous, Succinous, Suffraginous, Superspinous, synchronous, Tauricornous, Tautochronous, tendinous, Tentiginous, Tergeminous, Terrigenous, Thermogenous, Torminous, Torpedinous, Trichinous, Trigeminous, Trigonous, tyrannous, Undigenous, Unguinous, Unicornous, Unigenous, Uniphonous, Unisonous, Uranous, Vaginopennous, Valetudinous, Velutinous, Vertiginous, Vicissitudinous, Vinous, Vitelligenous, Voluminous, Voraginous, Vortiginous, Xanthomelanous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: nonsugar, unreason. | |
-3 letters: aerugos, arenous, gangers, gangues, gaugers, gougers, granges, grunges, guenons, gunners, naggers, neurons, nonages, nonuser, onagers, oranges, ourangs, snugger, surgeon. | |
-4 letters: aerugo, aggers, aggros, agones, angers, argons, argues, arouse, arseno, augers, eggars, erugos, gagers, ganger, gangue, gauger, gauges, genoas, genros, goners, gorges, gouger, gouges, grange, gregos, groans, grouse, grunge, guanos, guenon, gunner, gurges, nagger, neuron, nonage, nonuse, onager, orange, orangs, organs, ourang, ranges, reason, rogues, rouens, rouges, rugosa, rugose, sagger, sanger, sarong, sauger, seggar, senora. | |
-5 letters: aeons, agers, agger, aggro, agone, agons, agues, anger, argon, argue, argus, arose, arson, auger, aures, earns, eggar, erugo, euros, gager, gages, gangs, gauge, gaurs, gears, genoa, genro, genua, genus, gnars, goers, goner, gongs, gores, gorge, gorse, gouge, grans, grego, groan, grogs, grues, guano, guans, guars, gurge, nares, nears, negus, neons, noggs, nonas, nones, nouns, nurse, ogres, orang, organ, rages, range, regna, roans, rogue, rouen, roues, rouge, rouse, rugae, runes, rungs, sager, saner, sarge, segno, senna, senor, snare, snore, sonar, sugar, sunna, surge, urase, ureas, urges, ursae, usage, usnea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
+3 letters: nongregarious. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6E 67 72 65 6E 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- -. --. .-. . -. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110010 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a n g r e n o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006E 0067 0072 0065 006E 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41678073847180818785 |
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