hospital gangrene: Meaning and Definition of

hos'pital gan'grene

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  1. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, esp. involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
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