gangrene
Example Sentences
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He learned to patch up injured men in below-deck sea cabins, where gangrene turned a wound black and rotten.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
He was sent home with antibiotics but readmitted on the 26 May and diagnosed with gangrene.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
Nursing employees told the investigators that the 69-year-old man, who had been admitted with gangrene on his feet, was often confused and sometimes tried to pull out his tubes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
Her lower legs were amputated after she developed gangrene at age 7.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
It has a nasty, mean disposition and its teeth are green with gangrene and it bites.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
