necrose

American  

[nuh-krohs, ne-, nek-rohs] / nəˈkroʊs, nɛ-, ˈnɛk roʊs /

verb (used with or without object)

Pathology.

necrosed, necrosing

1. to affect or be affected with necrosis.

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necrose British  

/ ˈnɛkrəʊs, nɛˈkrəʊs /

verb

1. (intr) to cause or undergo necrosis

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Etymology

Origin of necrose

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from necrosis

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Example Sentences

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necrose necrosed

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

This process is known as coagulation necrosis, and the resulting fibroid mass, containing in its meshes the necrosed and degenerated epithelium and leucocytes, constitutes the diphtheritic or false membrane.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

However, I discovered no necrosed bone by so doing.

From Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society by Joseph Bradford Cox

At this time the head-injury caused him no inconvenience, but it was necessary to amputate the leg and remove the necrosed bones from the cranial wounds; the patient recovered.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

In consequence of the plantar aponeurosis being extensively necrosed, it was advisable to scrape the navicular bone and a part of the semilunar crest.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks

Even when the necrosed portion is freely movable, and only adherent by its base, it should not be forcibly removed, but left to the slower but more effectual action of the tissue reactions.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks

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