What is gangrene?

Answer 1

Gangrene is necrosis and subsequent decay of body tissues caused by infection or thrombosis or lack of blood flow. It is usually the result of critically insufficient blood supply sometimes caused by injury and subsequent contamination with bacteria. This condition is most common in the extremities. The best of all possible treatments is revascularization (restoration of blood flow) of the affected organ, which can reverse some of the effects of necrosis and allow healing. Depending on the extent of tissue loss and location, treatment other than revascularization runs the gamut from allowing digits to auto-amputate (fall off), debridement and local care, to amputation, the removal of infected necrotic tissues. [1] 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangrene

Put simply, gangrene is death and decay of parts of the body, usually the hands or legs, starting from the tips upward. It may be caused by infection, or insufficient blood flow. It is common in patients with uncontrolled Diabetes mellitus. You mean gangrene?

It's die body tissue (skin, and tissues underneath it) that becomes infected. Usually the color is black and has a foul odor.

For further reading you can go to e-medicine.com or you may go to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangrene
It means health.

Answer 2

Gangrenous is the adjective from of gangrene. Gangrene is defined according to dictionary.com as "necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction". It basically means that lack of blood to a specific part of the body results in that part decaying.

Answer 3

It is a medical term that is used to refer to the death of an area of the body, which results when blood is cut off to the affected region of the body. It can involve any part of the body, although the most common sites are the hands, fingers, feet and toes.