Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPHAC'E-LUS
SPHAC'E-LUS, n. [Gr. σφακελος, from σφαζω, to kill.]
- In medicine aud surgery, gangrene; mortification of the flesh of a living animal.
- Death of a bone. – Coxe.
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SPHAC'E-LUS, n. [Gr. σφακελος, from σφαζω, to kill.]
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