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necrotic

[nuh-krot-ik, ne-] / nəˈkrɒt ɪk, nɛ- /
ADJECTIVE
lethal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dangerous destructive devastating fatal harmful malignant mortal murderous noxious pernicious poisonous virulent
WEAK
baleful deathly hurtful mortiferous mortuary pestilent pestilential
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmless healthy helpful kind wholesome
WEAK
beneficial life-giving

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Necrotic stomatitis is an acute, specific, highly contagious inflammation of the mouth occurring in young cattle, and characterized locally by the formation of ulcers and caseo-necrotic patches and by constitutional symptoms, chiefly toxic.

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

Removal of the Wall and Excision of the Necrotic Tissue.—This we may term the radical operation for sub-horny quittor, for it is often productive of a successful issue when all other means have failed.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton