SPHACELUS
\sfˈe͡ɪsləs], \sfˈeɪsləs], \s_f_ˈeɪ_s_l_ə_s]\
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By Princeton University
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Gengrenous destruction of a part.
By William R. Warner
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This word is used, by some, synonymously with gangrene; by others, with gangrene when it occu-pies the whole substance of a limb. Commonly, it means the disorganized portion, in cases of mortification, anthraconecro'sis, which must be thrown off, - or is, in other words, totally dead. The foul disorganized portion of an ulcer-called the slough- must be considered a kind of spha-celus. Sphacelus was formerly used to denote excessive pain; and for agitation from excessive pain, or violent emotion.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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