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Webster 1913 Edition

Sphacelate

Sphac′e-late

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sphacelated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sphacelating
.]
[NL.
sphacelare
,
sphacelatum
, mortify: cf. F.
sphacéler
. See
Sphacelus
.]
(Med.)
To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.

Sphac′e-late

,
Verb.
T.
(Med.)
To affect with gangrene.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sphacelate

SPHAC'ELATE

,
Verb.
I.
[See Sphacelus.]
1.
To mortify; to become gangrenous; as flesh.
2.
To decay or become carious, as a bone.

SPHAC'ELATE

,
Verb.
T.
To affect with gangrene.

Definition 2024

sphacelate

sphacelate

English

Verb

sphacelate ‎(third-person singular simple present sphacelates, present participle sphacelating, simple past and past participle sphacelated)

  1. (medicine) To affect with gangrene.

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