sphacelate, sphacelated

[SPHACELΑΤΕ, v.] Bot.: Decayed, withered, dead. sphăç-ěl-ā-tion, subst. [SPHACELATE, v.] The proce of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification. sphăç-ěl-Işm, sphăç-ěl-Is-mus, 8. [SPHACELUS.] A gangrene; an inflammation of the brain. sphăç-ě-lūs, s. [Gr. sphakelos , from sphazō = to kill; Fr. sphacèle.] Medical and Surgical : 1. Gangrene; mortification of the flesh of a living animal. 2. Death or caries of a bone. sphær-, sphær-o- (ær as ër), prefix. [Greek sphaira a ball, a sphere.) Pertaining to or resembling a ball or sphere.