necrotic
Americanadjective
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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
Conveniently, Ernest’s personality has been wiped by a case of necrotic amnesia that allows this Greatest Generation ghost to pal around with today’s teenagers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
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
The subsequent degeneration and death of the granulation tissue under the necrotic influence of bacterial toxins results in disintegration and crumbling away of the trabecular framework of the portion of bone affected.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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