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gas gangrene
noun
Pathology.
- a gangrenous infection developing in wounds, especially deep wounds with closed spaces, caused by bacteria that form gases in the subcutaneous tissues.
gas gangrene
noun
- gangrene resulting from infection of a wound by anaerobic bacteria (esp Clostridium welchii ) that cause gas bubbles and swelling in the surrounding tissues
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gas gangrene1
First recorded in 1910鈥15
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The appearance of gas gangrene on a widespread scale in wounds of all sorts 鈥 made it imperative that the surgeon should be brought nearer to the fighting zone.
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Another woman succumbed to gas gangrene 鈥 a toxin that can kill between 24 and 48 hours after a bungled abortion.
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More rarely, the bacterium can cause gas gangrene.
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Calcium gluconate and gas gangrene antitoxin as well as antibiotics are helpful.
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During my year or more along the fronts I had been through many hospitals and from my observations in those institutions I had cultivated a keen distaste for one thing鈥攇as gangrene.
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