"putrefaction or necrosis of soft tissues," 1540s, cancrena, from Latin gangraena (Medieval Latin cancrena), from medical Greek gangraina "an eating or gnawing sore," literally "that which eats away," dissimilated reduplicated form of gran- "to gnaw," from PIE root *gras- "to devour" (see gastric).
雙語例句
1. The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in.
傷口在潰爛，已經生了壞疽。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Gangrene set in and he had to have his leg amputated.
他的腿生了壞疽，必須截除。
來自《權威詞典》
3. The wound was not properly disinfected and gangrene set in.
傷口未進行適當的消毒,開始生壞疽.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Once gangrene has developed the tissue is dead.
一旦出現壞疽，機體組織便已死亡。
來自辭典例句
5. Gangrene : Localized soft - tissue death ( necrosis ) from prolonged Blood - supply Blockage.