necrobioticadj.
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌnɛkrəˌbaɪˈɑdɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to necrobiosis; of the nature of or characteristic of necrobiosis. Also in extended use.
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cankerya1398
cankerousc1425
putrid?1551
gangrenous1597
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necrobiotic1860
1860 F. Chance tr. R. Virchow Cellular Pathol. xv. 358 The necrobiotic processes, which must be completely separated from necrosis, are in general attended by softening as their ultimate result.
1875 J. F. Payne Jones & Sieveking's Man. Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 399 A hæmorrhagic block passes through a series of necrobiotic changes ending with absorption.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 272 Necrobiotic softenings, conditioned by non-irritative vascular occlusion.
1945 Amer. Rev. Tuberculosis 51 842 It was found lying in sequester-like fashion, firmly impacted, within diffuse, uniformly coagulated necrotic and necrobiotic structures.
1984 Listener 13 Dec. 30/1 Others are shown as oven-ready morsels wrapped in baking foil, or as mutants undergoing a necrobiotic crisis.
1996 Human Pathol. 27 1008 Postoperative necrobiotic granulomas have been described in a variety of clinical sites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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