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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

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

"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

That's the only good answer, yes it must be necrotic lung.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

In necrotic stomatitis vesicles are never formed, necrosis occurring from the beginning and followed by the formation of yellowish, cheesy patches, principally found in the mouth.

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

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