Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dry_gangrene

1 sense of dry gangrene

Sense 1
dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification -- ((pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color)
       => gangrene, sphacelus, slough -- (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)