STRONGS G1044:
γάγγραινα,
-ης,
ἡ, (
γράω or
γραίνω to gnaw, eat),
a gangrene, a disease by which any part of the body suffering from inflammation becomes so corrupted that, unless a remedy be seasonably applied, the evil continually spreads, attacks other parts, and at last eats away the bones:
2 Timothy 2:17 [where cf. Ellicott]. (Medical writings [cf. Wetstein at the passage cited]; Plutarch, discr. am. et adulat. c. 36.)
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