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

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

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

Conveniently, Ernest’s personality has been wiped by a case of necrotic amnesia that allows this Greatest Generation ghost to pal around with today’s teenagers.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

The virus, impatiens necrotic spot virus, or INSV, and the disease, Pythium wilt, have both been around for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022

As exposure to oxygen kills the bacilli, one need have no fear about disturbing or tearing off the caseous patches or necrotic tissue during irrigation.

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