"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).
双语例句
1. The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in.
伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Gangrene set in and he had to have his leg amputated.
他的腿生了坏疽，必须截除。
来自《权威词典》
3. The wound was not properly disinfected and gangrene set in.
伤口未进行适当的消毒,开始生坏疽.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Once gangrene has developed the tissue is dead.
一旦出现坏疽，机体组织便已死亡。
来自辞典例句
5. Gangrene : Localized soft - tissue death ( necrosis ) from prolonged Blood - supply Blockage.