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Necrotic

Necrotic \Ne*crot"ic\, a. (Med.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.

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necrotic

a. (context pathology English) Of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue.

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necrotic

adj. relating to or affected by necrosis; "necrotic tissue"

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Usage examples of "necrotic".

Chandler Foss has an undulating banner with a redly inscribed MARY on one forearm, said banner now mangled and necrotic because Foss, dumped and badly coked out one night, tried to nullify the romantic connotations of the tatt by inscribing BLESSED VIRGIN above the MARY with a razor blade and a red Bic, with predictably ghastly results.

There were wild herbs thrusting up vital shoots in the creviced shoulders of marble statues and warm breezes sweeping unhindered through necrotic palaces.

He wore a suit too small for him, and his necrotic white skin oozed from his sleeves.

Much of his swollen, mottled flesh died before he did, turning a pale necrotic blue, but toxic shock finally stopped his heart only minutes after his exposure to the contaminated air.