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gangren

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch gangreen, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaŋ.rɛn]
  • Hyphenation: gang‧rèn

Noun

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gangren (plural gangren-gangren)

  1. (medicine) gangrene, the necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Cognate to Swedish gangrän.

Noun

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gangren m or n (definite singular gangrenen or gangrenet) (uncountable)

  1. gangrene

Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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gangren m or n (definite singular gangrenen or gangrenet) (uncountable)

  1. gangrene

Synonyms

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