Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 8 letters

gangrene

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæŋˌɡɹiːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeeggnnrStarts with GEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2A3N4G5R6E7N8E

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

G_______

Definitions

  1. undergo necrosis

Word origin

Borrowed from French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).

Used in a sentence

  • If gangrene sets in, we may have to amputate the foot.
  • Women should earn equal wages with men for equal work done. Child marriages and polygamy are a gangrene on society.
  • For where it chances to be successful, it is like the copper shot of the Mexicans, which gangrenes the wound.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for gangrene yet.

Related words