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v. - Caused the death of soft tissue due to a loss of blood supply.

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  • The weight of the oleaginous air they were breathing lightened perceptibly, while the nearest sphacelated fungi seemed to recoil from the unrelenting cheerfulness, a...
  • The ligature was removed in seven days, and the sphacelated portion of the liver came off with it.
  • Its texture was extremely tender, being easily perforated with the finger, was of a livid red colour, and evidently in a sphacelated state.
  • His belly which at first was only hard, now evidently contained a large quantity of water, his legs were more swelled, and a large sphacelated sore appeared upon each...
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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