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
I thought about it for a moment and then I turned to a physician, whomever was there at the moment and I said, "It's necrotic lung."
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2020
Among horses it is the agent in the production of necrotic malanders, quittor, and diphtheritic inflammation of the large intestine.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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