Original: γάγγραινα

Transliteration: gángraina

Phonetic: gang'-grahee-nah

Short Definition: Canker

- Original: γάγγραινα

- Transliteration: Gaggraina

- Phonetic: gang'-grahee-nah

- Definition:

1. 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

- Origin: from graino (to gnaw)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From γραίνω grainō (to gnaw); an ulcer (gangrene): - canker.