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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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Ninety-percent of her flipper was necrotic, and veterinary staff promptly removed the dead tissue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

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

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

Their presence in the exposed dead tissue is no evidence, for the membrane represents but the necrotic mucous lining....

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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