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dry gangrene

noun

Medical Definition of DRY GANGRENE

:  gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction, is sharply localized, and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue which is sharply demarcated from adjacent tissue by a line of inflammation

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