Dry Gangrene Definition

Dry Gangrene Sentence Examples

• If the flow of arterial blood only is arrested, the part depending upon it for nutrition becomes numb, cold and shrivelled, and the form of mortification known as dry gangrene occurs.

• Toes can become gangrenous and can appear black in dry gangrene or when infected becomes covered in pus and slough in wet gangrene.

• Local necrosis is mainly ischaemic as thrombosis blocks the local blood vessels and causes dry gangrene.