What is "sphacelate"

Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphac['e]ler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.

Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, v. t. (Med.) To affect with gangrene.

Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, Sphacelated \Sphac"e*la`ted\, a. (Med.) Affected with gangrene; mortified.

vb. (context medicine English) To affect with gangrene.

v. undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" [syn: necrose, gangrene, mortify]