gangrena

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See also: gangrená and gangréna

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡrɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: gan‧grè‧na

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrene)

  1. Alternative form of cancrena (gangrene)

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gangraena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaŋˈɡrɛ.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

Noun

gangrena f (related adjective gangrenowy)

  1. (uncountable, medicine) gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply)
    Synonyms: gangrenacja, zgorzel
  2. (uncountable, figurative, literary) gangrene (damaging or corrupting influence)
    Synonyms: patologia, zepsucie, zgnilizna
  3. (countable, colloquial, derogatory, figurative) unpleasant or annoying person
    Synonym: łajdak

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • gangrena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gangrena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gangrena in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gan‧gre‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

  1. gangrene (necrosis or rotting of flesh)

Etymology 2

Verb

gangrena

  1. inflection of gangrenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Verb

a gangrena (third-person singular present gangrenează, past participle gangrenat) 1st conjugation

  1. Alternative form of cangrena

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡanˈɡɾena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: gan‧gre‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

gangrena f (plural gangrenas)

  1. gangrene

Etymology 2

Verb

gangrena

  1. inflection of gangrenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading