gangrenous
Example Sentences
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Patients arrived with gangrenous foot wounds that harried providers elsewhere brushed off as athlete’s foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
The designation is intended to attract more research and funding for curbing the disease, also known as cancrum oris and gangrenous stomatitis.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
When we joined the volunteers for a day, she was quick to check the lower leg of an evacuee with a blackened, gangrenous wound.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2022
Diabetes is an insidious disease that significantly increases the risks of premature blindness, stroke, and circulatory and neurological problems that can lead to infections requiring amputation of gangrenous toes and feet.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
I never walked past their cot because one of them had a gangrenous foot that she would thrust in the face of anyone who came near.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
