necrotic

Example Sentences

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The reason became clear: Microbes were feasting on Assi’s necrotic flesh.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2024

It was starting to become black—the telltale sign of dying, necrotic tissue.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

"He's in excruciating agony because his hip bones are now no longer ball or socket, just jagged, worn, necrotic bones on bones. There are cysts in the joints where cartilage once lived," Mrs Speirs said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

I thought about it for a moment and then I turned to a physician, whomever was there at the moment and I said, "It's necrotic lung."

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

Pathology.—The principal lesions in necrotic stomatitis occur in the mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx.

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