Synonyms of the word

sphacelus

• n. (medicine) gangrenous part.
• n. (medicine) gangrene; slough.

death

• n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent…
• n. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
• n. (the death) The collapse or end of something.

gangrene

• n. The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
• n. (figuratively) A damaging or corrupting influence.
• v. (transitive) To produce gangrene in.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with gangrene.

mortification

• n. The act of mortifying.
• n. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
• n. (medicine) The death of part of the body.

necrosis

• n. (pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood…

pathology

• n. (medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes,…
• n. The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology)…
• n. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.

slough

• n. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
• n. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
• v. (transitive) To shed (skin).
• v. (intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
• v. (transitive, card games) To discard.
• v. (intransitive, slang, Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
• n. (Britain) A muddy or marshy area.
• n. (Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater…
• n. (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
• n. A state of depression.
• n. (Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.