Usually means: Death of tissue; gangrenous necrosis.
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  7. sphacelus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  10. sphacelus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (medicine) gangrenous part
▸ noun:  (medicine) gangrene; slough

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splenculus, sphincterotome, sphincteroplasty, phacolysis, prosphysis, sphinx, cloaca, sclerectome, epluchage, sclerification, more...

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splenculus, sphincterotome, sphincteroplasty, phacolysis, prosphysis, sphinx, cloaca, sclerectome, epluchage, sclerification, more...



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