gangrene
Example Sentences
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To really investigate gangrene, he would need to go where infection was far more plentiful; not the battlefield, but the hospital.
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
Time is supposed to heal all things, but time opened an emotional gangrene in Jerry.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
