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

sphacelate \sphac"elate\, v. i. imp.  p. p. sphacelated; p.
   pr.  vb. n. sphacelating. nl. sphacelare, sphacelatum,
   mortify: cf. f. sphac'eler. see sphacelus. med.
   to die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to
   mortify.
   1913 webster
see also:
sphacelated sphacelating sphacelus 

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

sphacelate \sphac"elate\, v. t. med.
   to affect with gangrene.
   1913 webster sphacelate

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

sphacelate \sphac"elate\, sphacelated \sphac"ela`ted\, a.
   med.
   affected with gangrene; mortified.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sphacelate
     v : undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
         syn: necrose, gangrene, mortify
see also:
necrose gangrene mortify 

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