SPHACELATE

sphacelate. Sphacelate, v. to gangrene, mortify, corrupt

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Sphac″e‐late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] [[NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus.]] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.