GAS GANGRENE

  

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GAS GANGRENE

Specialty Definition: GAS GANGRENE

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

A general name for clostridial infections characterized by acute necrosis of muscle(myositis)or cellulitis, with accompanying toxaemia. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus Clostridium. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases. (references)

Public Administration

Death or necrosis of tissue and organs due to infection with anaerobic gas-forming organisms, such as bacillus Welchii. Wounds incurred from contact with the soil, as in major disasters, are particularly liable to such a serious infection. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GAS GANGRENE

Specialty definitions using "GAS GANGRENE": Clostridium perfringens. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GAS GANGRENE

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gas gangrene

29
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: GAS GANGRENE

Language Translations for "GAS GANGRENE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

gasgangræn. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gasgangreen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaasukuolio. (various references)

   

French

  

gangrène gazeuse, septicémie gangréneuse, infection Clostridium perfringens type A. (various references)

   

German

  

Gasgangrän, Gasbrand, Gasödem. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αεριογόνα γάγγραινα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

gangrena gassosa (gangrenous erysipelas, hospital gangrene), enterotossiemia da Clostridium perfringens tipo A (Clostridium perfringens type A infection), cancrena gassosa (Clostridium perfringens type A infection). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ガス壊疽 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ガスえそ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asgay angrenegay

   

Portuguese

  

gangrena gasosa. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gangrena gaseosa (Clostridium perfringens type A infection). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gasgangrän, gasflegmone, gasbrand. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gazlı kangren. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GAS GANGRENE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-g-g-n-n-r-s"

-2 letters: gangrenes.

-3 letters: engagers, gangrene, sangaree.

-4 letters: engager, engages, enrages, ensnare, gaggers, gangers, garages, genseng, granges, naggers, raggees, reggaes, rennase.

-5 letters: agenes, aggers, agrees, anears, angers, arenas, eagers, eagres, eggars, eggers, engage, enrage, gagers, gagger, ganger, garage, genera, genres, grange, grease, greens, nagger, ragees, raggee, ranees, ranges, reggae, saggar, sagger, sangar, sanger, seggar, senega.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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