11-23-2010, 11:09 AM
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Re: OT: Hakeem Nicks out 3+ weeks after emergency surgery
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Originally Posted by slam
That injury sounds horrifying. Like your foot is in danger of gangrene, or something.
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To be precise, gangrene is always infectious.
The technical term here is necrosis—in other words, unexpected cell death. It's the same sort of process that results in dead brain tissue in a stroke or dead heart muscle in a heart attack.
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