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gangrenescent

gangrenescent adjective: gangrenous (affected with gangrene).

Adjective

gangrenescent (comparative more gangrenescent, superlative most gangrenescent)

  1. (obsolete) gangrenous (affected with gangrene)

Forms of gangrenescent

comparativemore gangrenescent
superlativemost gangrenescent

Origin of gangrenescent

From gangrene + -escent.

Words that rhyme with gangrenescent

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Questions about gangrenescent

What does gangrenescent mean?
Gangrenescent means gangrenous (affected with gangrene).
What part of speech is gangrenescent?
Gangrenescent is an adjective.

Words near gangrenescent in the dictionary

  1. gangrenates
  2. gangrenating
  3. gangrene
  4. gangrened
  5. gangrenes
  6. gangrenescent
  7. gangrening
  8. gangrenise
  9. gangrenised
  10. gangrenises
  11. gangrenising

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