necrosis

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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

The opposite occurred, though, with necrosis setting in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

More than 400,000 others develop necrosis, when the tissue around the bite dies and turns black.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

The light had become the putrid green of necrosis, reflected in the bottles of amber tinctures cluttering the shelves.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros