gangrene vs phthisic

gangrene

noun
  • The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply. 

  • A damaging or corrupting influence. 

verb
  • To produce gangrene in. 

  • To be affected with gangrene. 

  • To corrupt; To cause to become degenerate. 

phthisic

noun
  • Any wasting disease. 

  • A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis. 

  • A person suffering from phthisis. 

  • Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi). 

adj
  • Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive. 

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