gangrenous
adjective uk/ˈɡæŋ.ɡrɪ.nəs/ us/ˈɡæŋ.ɡrə.nəs/
坏疽性的
(of a part of a person's body) decaying because the blood has stopped flowing there
They hoped that the wound would heal and not turn gangrenous. 他们希望伤口会愈合而不是变成坏疽性的。
The accident resulted in the amputation of his gangrenous leg. 那次意外造成他的腿成为坏疽而被截肢。
See: gangrene
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- An explosion in his laboratory left him with gangrenous wounds.
- Surgeons had to amputate her legs because they became gangrenous as her body fought the infection.
- She is a vascular surgeon who has to remove diabetics' gangrenous toes.