necrotic

Example Sentences

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Some of the tissue that has held us together and kept us alive is already necrotic.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

Of course, she’s also spending less time on Twitter in general, which is a trend that started long before the necrotic presence of Musk.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2023

"On both her back and her hip, the tissue had become completely necrotic and her wounds infected with MRSA. She developed osteomyelitis and overwhelming sepsis."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

Caravaggio pins the scene down to its material facts: the confused faces of the onlookers, the downcast faces of the sisters, the necrotic body of Lazarus, the supernatural authority of Christ.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

The necrotic tissue is very adherent and can be only partially peeled off.

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