ˈsphacelated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Path. Mortified, gangrened.
| attrib. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 387 They used to take off the Sphacelated member. 1738 Phil. Trans. XL. 9 A separation of the sphacelated sluff. 1783 Bentley in Med. Comm. I. 258 The sphacelated parts were dressed. 1800 Med. Jrnl. IV. 167 The greater portion of the surface..was in a sphacelated state. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 393 The sphacelated portion is expelled. |
| pred. 1668 Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. 374 The lower part of the Arm was gangrenated and sphacelated. 1712 Phil. Trans. XXVII. 513 The Liver was intirely sphacelated. 1782 W. Heberden Comment. xvi. (1806) 85 The pelvis was sphacelated. 1859 Semple Diphtheria 11 All the soft parts..appeared deeply sphacelated. |
2. Bot. Withered, dead.
| 1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 409 [Leaves] somewhat sphacelated at the apex. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 125 Root..invested at the bottom and upper part with a sphacelated, brownish-black tunic. |