GAS GANGRENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gas gangrene mean? 

• GAS GANGRENE (noun)
  The noun GAS GANGRENE has 1 sense:

1. (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: GAS GANGRENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAS GANGRENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clostridial myonecrosis; emphysematous gangrene; emphysematous phlegmon; gangrenous emphysema; gas gangrene; gas phlegmon; progressive emphysematous necrosis

Hypernyms ("gas gangrene" is a kind of...):

gangrene; slough; sphacelus (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

 Context examples 

C. septicum is highly pathogenic; infection is most commonly associated with paraneoplastic syndrome and it is also a causative agent of gas gangrene.

(Clostridium septicum, NCI Thesaurus)

C. novyi is pathogenic, causing gas gangrene within wounds and in individuals with diabetes.

(Clostridium novyi, NCI Thesaurus)

C. tertium has traditionally been considered nonpathogenic but has since been designated an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised and wound patients, causing necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangrene.

(Clostridium tertium, NCI Thesaurus)

C. perfringens is a food borne pathogen, being the causative agent of pig-bel syndrome and gas gangrene.

(Clostridium perfringens, NCI Thesaurus)