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necrotic

American  
[nuh-krot-ik, ne-] / nəˈkrɒt ɪk, nɛ- /

adjective

  1. (of animal or plant tissue) dead or dying.

    Treatment includes prompt and extensive surgical debridement of all necrotic tissue and removal of foreign bodies from the wound, accompanied by appropriate antibiotic therapy.

Other Word Forms

  • postnecrotic adjective

Etymology

Origin of necrotic

necr(osis) ( def. ) + -otic ( def. )

Example Sentences

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It was starting to become black—the telltale sign of dying, necrotic tissue.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

"He's in excruciating agony because his hip bones are now no longer ball or socket, just jagged, worn, necrotic bones on bones. There are cysts in the joints where cartilage once lived," Mrs Speirs said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

The virus, impatiens necrotic spot virus, or INSV, and the disease, Pythium wilt, have both been around for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Caravaggio pins the scene down to its material facts: the confused faces of the onlookers, the downcast faces of the sisters, the necrotic body of Lazarus, the supernatural authority of Christ.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

These necrotic processes may pass beneath the mucous membrane and even involve the underlying bony structure.

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

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