See Also: Pott's gangrene(medicine)
Pott(dictionary)
Pott's paraplegia(medicine)
Pott's disease(health)
Pott, Sir Percivall(medicine)
Pott's paralysis(medicine)
Pott's fracture(medicine)
Pott's curvature(medicine)
Pott's aneurysm(medicine)
pott's disease(medicine)

synonymy (iou) and Pott's gangrene (medicine)


synonymy (iou)



synonymy noun. In sense 1 also (earlier) sinonima. M16.
[Late Latin synonymia from Greek sunonumia, from sunonumos: see SYNONYM, -Y3.]
The use of synonyms or of words as synonyms; spec. a rhetorical figure in which synonyms are used for amplification. M16.
= SYNONYM 1. E17-L18.
A set of synonyms; synonyms collectively. L17.
The quality or fact of being synonymous; identity of meaning or application. L18.

Pott's gangrene (medicine)


Pott's gangrene -->
senile gangrene
Dry gangrene occurring in the aged in consequence of occlusion of an artery, particularly affecting the extremities.

Synonym: Pott's gangrene.