gangraena

ae, f.
I. a cancerous, eating ulcer on the body, a gangrene.
I. Lit., Cels. 5, 26, 34; Lucil. ap. Non. 117, 22; Varr. ib. 25.—*
II. Trop.: mali gangraena, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 28.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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