Sphacelate

v. i.	1.	(Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.]
v. t.	1.	(Med.) To affect with gangrene.
a.	1.	(Med.) Affected with gangrene; mortified.

Verb

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sphacelate - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, mortify

gangrene, mortification, mortify, necrose, necrosis, rot, slough, sphacelus, waste