Meleney ulcer (gangrene) synergistic gangrene

Meleney ulcer (gangrene) synergistic gangrene
Me·le·ney ulcer (gangrene), synergistic gangrene (mə-leґne) [Frank Lamont Meleney, American surgeon, 1889–1963] see under ulcer, and see progressive synergistic gangrene, under gangrene.

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