Word Direct Answers

sphacelate

sphacelate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
  2. 2.To affect with gangrene.
  3. 3.Affected with gangrene; mortified.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is sphacelate.

Sources