gangrene

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Inglese

Sostantivo

gangrene sing (pl.: gangrenes)

  1. (medicina) cancrena

Verbo

Intransitivo

gangrene (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente gangrenes, participio presente gangrening, passato semplice e participio passato gangrened)

  1. incancrenire, incancrenirsi, andare in cancrena

Transitivo

gangrene (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente gangrenes, participio presente gangrening, passato semplice e participio passato gangrened)

  1. causare una cancrena

Pronuncia

  • IPA: /ˈɡæŋˌɡɹiːn/

Etimologia / Derivazione

dal francese gangrène, dal latino gangraena, derivato del greco antico γάγγραινα (gángraina), dal verbo γράω (gráō, "mordere, rodere")

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