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{{StrongGR
{{StrongGR
|strgr=from graino (to [[gnaw]]); an [[ulcer]] ("[[gangrene]]"): [[canker]].
|strgr=from graino (to [[gnaw]]); an [[ulcer]] ("[[gangrene]]"): [[canker]].
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{{Thayer
|txtha=γαγγραινης, ἡ ([[γράω]] or [[γραίνω]] to [[gnaw]], [[eat]]), a [[gangrene]], a [[disease]] by [[which]] [[any]] [[part]] of the [[body]] [[suffering]] from [[inflammation]] becomes so [[corrupted]] [[that]], [[unless]] a [[remedy]] be [[seasonably]] applied, the [[evil]] [[continually]] spreads, attacks [[other]] parts, and at [[last]] eats [[away]] the bones: Wetstein (1752) at the [[passage]] cited); [[Plutarch]], diser. am. et adulat. c. 36.)
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