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sphacelus
Overview of noun sphacelus
The noun sphacelus has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gangrene, sphacelus, slough -- (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)
2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus -- (the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Sense 1
gangrene, sphacelus, slough
=> pathology
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
=> death
=> organic phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Sense 1
gangrene, sphacelus, slough
=> dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification
=> gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
Sense 2
necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
=> myonecrosis
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Sense 1
gangrene, sphacelus, slough
=> pathology
Sense 2
necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
=> death
Antonyms of noun sphacelus
Member Holonyms of noun sphacelus
Substance Holonyms of noun sphacelus
Part Holonyms of noun sphacelus
Member Meronyms of noun sphacelus
Substance Meronyms of noun sphacelus
Part Meronyms of noun sphacelus
Meronyms of noun sphacelus
Holonyms of noun sphacelus
Attributes of noun sphacelus
Derived Forms of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Sense 1
gangrene, sphacelus, slough
RELATED TO>(verb) sphacelate#1
=> necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
Sense 2
necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
RELATED TO>(verb) sphacelate#1
=> necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
Domain of noun sphacelus
Domain Terms of noun sphacelus
Familiarity of noun sphacelus
sphacelus used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Sense 1
gangrene, sphacelus, slough
> pathology
=> acidosis
=> alkalosis
=> ankylosis, anchylosis
=> arteriectasis, arteriectasia
=> arthropathy
=> asynergy, asynergia
=> asystole, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest
=> diverticulosis
=> flux
=> fluorosis
=> gammopathy
=> glossolalia
=> angiopathy
=> aphagia
=> stenosis, stricture
=> atherogenesis
=> ascites
=> azymia
=> bacteremia, bacteriemia, bacteriaemia
=> sclerosis, induration
=> lipomatosis
=> lithiasis
=> cartilaginification
=> cyst
=> endometriosis, adenomyosis
=> adhesion
=> hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease, iron overload, bronzed diabetes
=> infarct, infarction
=> macrocytosis
=> fibrosis
=> malacia
=> mastopathy, mazopathy
=> neuropathy
=> myopathy
=> osteoporosis
=> priapism
=> demineralization, demineralisation
=> pyorrhea, pyorrhoea
=> uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia
=> azoturia
=> lesion
=> lymphadenopathy
=> gangrene, sphacelus, slough
=> hyperbilirubinemia
=> palilalia
=> reflux
=> otorrhea
=> rhinopathy
=> hydronephrosis
=> atelectasis
=> anoxemia
=> coprolalia
=> autoimmunity
=> dysfunction, disfunction
=> sarcoidosis
=> carotenemia, xanthemia
=> stasis
=> uropathy
=> varicosis
=> viremia, viraemia
=> volvulus
Sense 2
necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
> death
=> necrobiosis, cell death
=> necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
=> brain death, cerebral death
Meronyms of noun sphacelus
2 senses of sphacelus
Holonyms of noun sphacelus
Grep of noun sphacelus
sphacelus
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