a. Path. [f. SPHACEL-US + -OUS.] Gangrenous, necrotic.
1682. Phil. Trans., XIII. 93. Large and corrupted spleens, sphacelous and corroded tongues.
1728. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Sphacelus, A Sphacelous Foot … ought to be cut off in the mortified Part, near the live Part.
1824. Ann. Reg., 157. The right foot and the lower part of the leg … was sphacelous.
