necrotize

American  

[nek-ruh-tahyz] / ˈnɛk rəˌtaɪz /

especially British, necrotise

verb (used without object)

necrotized, necrotizing

1. to undergo necrosis.

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verb (used with object)

necrotized, necrotizing

1. to cause necrosis in (a tissue, an organ, etc.).

Etymology

Origin of necrotize

1870–75; necrot(ic) ( def. ) + -ize

Example Sentences

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necrotized necrotizing

Smith’s injury is to the same leg that was surgically repaired in 2018 after he suffered a compound fracture and contracted an infection that necrotized much of the muscle and tissue around his right shin.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2020

If left untreated by removal of necrotized tissue, bedsores can be fatal if they become infected.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Tissue in his eyes has necrotized, which Behcet’s wouldn’t have caused.

From Time ● Mar. 20, 2012

Patients who undergo small bowel resection include premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease that requires removal of damaged tissue.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026

In preterm infants, delayed clamping leads to improved circulation, less need for blood transfusions and a lower incidence of serious complications, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, or inflammation of the digestive tract.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

Probiotic supplements may be used to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous infection affecting premature infants that inflames and kills intestinal tissue.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Also known as necrotizing fasciitis, it's triggered by microbes that attack the body's soft tissues.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023

Vessels become hyperreactive to epinephrine so that physiologic concentrations suddenly possess necrotizing properties.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas