necrose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of necrose
First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from necrosis
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Because over time, due to the high-energy blast of the injury, the muscle can necrose.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2022
The tissues, weakened by the suppurative process which the skin has undergone, may then necrose, and thus lay bare periosteum, cartilage, or bone.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Sometimes the nasal passage is obstructed by great masses of the necrosed exudate, thus causing extreme difficulty in breathing.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The floor of the ulcer is smooth and glazed, or occupied by necrosed tissue, and the discharge is watery and blood-stained, and as a result of putrefactive changes may become offensive.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
If an abscess is prevented from healing—for example, by the presence of a foreign body or a piece of necrosed bone—a sinus results, and from it pus escapes until the foreign body is removed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The patient then returned to England, when the wound rapidly healed after the removal of some further necrosed fragments of cancellous tissue.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
When this exudate and the necrosed cellular elements come in contact, the latter furnish a fibrin ferment which transforms the exduate into a fibrinous mass.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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