Medical Dictionary
gas gangrene
noun
Medical Definition of GAS GANGRENE
: progressive gangrene marked by impregnation of the dead and dying tissue with gas and caused by one or more toxin-producing bacteria of the genus Clostridium that enter the body through wounds and proliferate in necrotic tissue
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