MORTIFICATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 1

n. Moart-i2-fla-ka's husn. Lat., mortificatio (from mortific are, to kill). Fr., m. Ger., Mort if i kation. Death of a part. Cf. GANGRENE and SPKACELUS. Cold m. See SPHACELUS. Ergot m. See ERGOTISM. Hot m. See GANGRENE. Syphilitic m. See Syphilitic GANGRENE. [s. 32]