sphacelate

(sfasə lāt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb sphacelated, sphacelating

to make or become gangrenous; mortify

Origin: < ModL sphacelatus, pp. of sphacelare, to mortify < sphacelus, gangrene < Gr sphakelos

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