senile gangrene
A form of gangrene occurring particularly in old people, and usually caused by…A form of gangrene occurring particularly in old people, and usually caused by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, uncountable)A form of gangrene occurring particularly in old people, and usually caused by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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