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necrosis

[nuh-kroh-sis, ne-] / nəˈkroʊ sɪs, nɛ- /




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The fine print: Vision loss and skin necrosis are rare risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The researchers also reported increased release of pro-inflammatory messengers, including interleukin-6, interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-alpha.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

Doctors said the pressure of the magnets had caused necrosis -- tissue death -- in four areas of the boy's small bowel and caecum, which is part of the large intestine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

Each of them, she says, had a BBL and suffered complications such as sepsis, necrosis and disfigurement.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

Pyrogen is released from leukocytes, adding fever to.hemorrhage, necrosis, and shock.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Moreover, injections of sodium urate and ergot caused necroses in the muscularis and elastica of the aorta, pulmonary artery, vena cavas inferior and heart muscle, but there was no calcification.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

Limited necroses with characteristic cheesy appearances are of frequent occurrence.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The ulcerations, necroses, perforations and hemorrhages are most frequently found in the last twelve inches of the small intestine, and may extend into the large intestine.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

The skin, when it is closely peppered with shot, is liable to lose its vitality, and with the addition of a little sepsis, readily necroses and comes away as a slough.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson




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