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necrotic

American

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

adjective

(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

Derived Forms

postnecrotic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of necrotic

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

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