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Definition: Sphacelus |
SphacelusNoun1. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass. 2. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Sphacelus \Sphac"e*lus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SphacelusSynonyms: gangrene (n), mortification (n), necrosis (n), slough (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil; pimple, wen; (swelling); carbuncle, gathering, imposthume, peccant humor, issue; rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore; cancer, carcinoma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor; caries, mortification, corruption, gangrene, sphacelus, sphacelation, leprosy; eruption, rash, breaking out. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "sphacelus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hebrew | מקק (gangrene, putrefaction, rot). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | acelussphay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "sphacelus" (pronounced 'Sphac"e*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-p-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: capsules, scaleups, upscales. | |
-2 letters: capless, capsule, chapels, clashes, clauses, hapless, plashes, plushes, scaleup, schleps, specula, sulphas, upscale. | |
-3 letters: alephs, cashes, caules, causes, chapel, chapes, chases, chasse, cheaps, chelas, clasps, clause, culpae, cupels, hassel, hassle, laches, lapses, lapsus, lashes, lehuas, lushes, pashes, passel, pauses, phases, places, pleach, pluses, pulses, pushes, saleps, sauces, sauchs, scales. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-p-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: spleuchans. | |
+3 letters: psychosexual. | |
+4 letters: sprachgefuhls, superphysical. | |
+5 letters: claustrophobes, colleagueships, psychosexually. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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