[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gangrene \gan"grene\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. gangrened; p.
   pr.  vb. n. gangrening. cf. f. gangr'ener.
   to produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
   1913 webster
see also:
gangrened gangrening 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gangrene \gan"grene\, n. f. gangr`ene, l. gangraena, fr. gr.
   ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. skr. gras, gar, to devour, and e.
   voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3. med.
   a term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft
   tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete
   loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the
   soft parts in any stage.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gangrene
     n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
          syn: sphacelus, slough
     2: the localized death of living cells as from infection or
        the interruption of blood supply syn: necrosis, mortification,
         sphacelus
     v : undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
         syn: necrose, mortify, sphacelate
see also:
sphacelus slough necrosis mortification necrose mortify 
sphacelate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "gangrene":
   break up, canker, caries, carrion, corrupt, corruption, crumble,
   crumble into dust, dandruff, decay, decompose, decomposition,
   disintegrate, dry gangrene, dry rot, excrement, fall into decay,
   fall to pieces, fester, filth, foul matter, foulness, furfur,
   gas gangrene, go bad, go to pieces, mess, mildew, moist gangrene,
   mold, molder, mortification, mortify, muck, mucus, necrose,
   necrosis, necrotic tissue, noma, obscenity, ordure, pus,
   putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter,
   putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness,
   rot, rottenness, scurf, scuz, slime, slough, smut, snot, sordes,
   sphacelate, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoil, spoilage, suppurate,
   tooth decay

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