SPHACELATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they sphacelate ... he / she / it sphacelates

Past simple: sphacelated

Past participle: sphacelated

-ing form: sphacelating

Meaning:

Undergo necrosis

Example:

the tissue around the wound necrosed

Synonyms:

gangrene; mortify; necrose; sphacelate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "sphacelate" is one way to...):

rot; waste (become physically weaker)

Sentence frame:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Derivation:

sphacelus (the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply))

sphacelus (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)