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gas gangrene

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | 211 words | Copyright

gas gangrene n. death and decay of wound tissue infected by the soil bacterium Clostridium perfringens. Toxins produced by the bacterium cause putrefactive decay of connective tissue with the generation of gas.

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