senile gangrene

noun

A form of gangrene occurring particularly in old people, and usually caused by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.

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Meanings

nounsenile gangrene (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablemedicineA form of gangrene occurring particularly in old people, and usually caused by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
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