Obs. rare. [a. older F. sphacel (1554), sphacele (mod.F. sphacèle), ad. med.L. sphacelus.] = SPHACELUS.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., IX. xv. 335. It [doting] happens … from a Gangreen or Sphacel. Ibid., X. xx. 371. There sometimes followes a corruption and Sphacell of the fractured bones of the scull upon wounds of the head.
[1849. in Craig.]
