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hospital gangrene

hospital gangrene noun: necrotizing fasciitis.

Noun

hospital gangrene (uncountable)

  1. necrotizing fasciitis

Questions about hospital gangrene

What does hospital gangrene mean?
Hospital gangrene means necrotizing fasciitis.
What part of speech is hospital gangrene?
Hospital gangrene is a noun.

Words near hospital gangrene in the dictionary

  1. hospital corner
  2. hospital corners
  3. hospital corpsman
  4. hospital corpsmen
  5. hospital fever
  6. hospital gangrene
  7. hospital gown
  8. hospital gowns
  9. hospital order
  10. hospital orders
  11. hospital pass

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