verb
- present participle of gangrene; becoming affected with gangrene or causing tissue to decay
Usage: medical
Examples
- The wound was gangrening despite the antibiotics.
- Without proper circulation, the tissue began gangrening.
- The doctor warned that the infection was gangrening rapidly.
- Emergency surgery was needed to stop the gangrening process.
- The gangrening flesh had to be removed immediately.
- Poor blood flow was causing the extremity to start gangrening.