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(transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify..
Use sphacelate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sphacelate means (transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify..
Common synonyms include mortify, gangrene, necrose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use sphacelate where its definition matches the intended context.
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