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Headword: Γάγγραινα
Adler number: gamma,6
Translated headword: gangrene
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Type of ailment.
Greek Original:
Γάγγραινα: εἶδος πάθους.
Notes:
Cf. Hesychius gamma1417; LSJ entry at Web address 1.
Besides the term's prominence in medical writers (and contexts) see e.g. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:17 ('and their word will eat as doth a canker': KJV, where 'canker' = γάγγραινα ).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: Christianity; definition; medicine; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:25:14.
Vetted by:
Eric Nelson on 30 December 1999@00:52:42.
Catharine Roth (added link) on 14 December 2001@11:35:52.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 11 July 2003@06:44:45.
William Hutton (tweaked translation and augmented notes, added keywords) on 25 February 2008@07:16:14.
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