NOUN
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
How To Use sphacelus In A Sentence
- But if the summer is parched and northerly, but the autumn rainy and southerly, headache and sphacelus of the brain are likely to occur; and in addition hoarseness, coryza, coughs, and in some cases, consumption. On Airs, Waters, And Places
- When persons jumping from a height pitch on the heel, so as to occasion separation (diastasis) of the bones, ecchymosis of the veins, and contusion of the nerves; when these symptoms are very violent there is danger of sphacelus, and that the case may give trouble during life, for the bones are so constructed as to slip from one another, and the nerves communicate together. On The Articulations
