necrotic
Americanadjective
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Origin of necrotic
Example Sentences
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The reason became clear: Microbes were feasting on Assi’s necrotic flesh.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
It was starting to become black—the telltale sign of dying, necrotic tissue.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
"On both her back and her hip, the tissue had become completely necrotic and her wounds infected with MRSA. She developed osteomyelitis and overwhelming sepsis."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
That's the only good answer, yes it must be necrotic lung.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2020
At this time it was found in certain treatments that the trees that had not shown any appreciable amount of scorch heretofore had some severely necrotic leaves on them.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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