necrosis
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Necrosis, which occurs in a transplanted heart undergoing rejection, causes a very powerful activation of the body’s immune system.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2017
Necrosis, then, is the cellular version of a “bad death.”
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2017
There is also many a furrowed brow when talk turns to the perils of Needle Necrosis, a bogeyman to tree growers everywhere.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2014
Necrosis of the outer table, or even of the whole thickness of the skull, may follow, although it is by no means uncommon for large denuded areas of bone to retain their vitality.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Necrosis and consequent sloughing of the skin is bound to follow, and an extensive ulcerous wound, or a spreading suppuration of the coronary cushion is the result.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
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