Review the dictionary definition of the word gangrene. This word is being used as a verb in the following sentence: "If you don't keep that wound clean and properly bandaged, gangrene will set in."

The dictionary definition of gangrene is "become affected with gangrene" (verb). The noun definition is, "localized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstructed circulation or bacterial infection." The origins of the word are from mid 16th century France from the Latin word gangreana. Gangrene is the rotting of skin tissue and the death of body tissue due to lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection.