gangrene

• Condição médica grave caracterizada pela morte e decomposição dos tecidos do corpo, geralmente causada por falta de circulação sanguínea ou por infecção bacteriana.

A serious medical condition involving the death of body tissue, usually due to a lack of blood supply or bacterial infection.

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1. Tissue deathC1formalmedical

   The death of body tissue due to a lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection.

   Morte de tecido

   • The patient developed gangrene after the wound became infected.
   • Doctors had to amputate the leg to stop the gangrene from spreading.
   • Gangrene requires immediate medical treatment to prevent sepsis.

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• Verbo usado para descrever o processo de ser acometido por gangrena — condição que envolve decomposição e morte dos tecidos do corpo por falta de irrigação sanguínea ou infecção.

A verb used to describe the process of becoming affected with gangrene, a condition involving the decay and death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply or infection.

1. To become affected by gangreneC2formalmedical

   To undergo tissue death due to lack of blood supply, often leading to decay.

   Gangrenar

   • The wound began to gangrene if not treated immediately.
   • The surgeon warned that the limb might gangrene without proper circulation.
   • If the infection spreads, the tissue will gangrene and require amputation.

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