necroticadj.
/nᵻˈkrɒtɪk/, /nɛˈkrɒtɪk/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑdɪk/, /nɛˈkrɑdɪk/ Pathology and Plant Pathology.
In a state of necrosis; of, relating to, or characterized by necrosis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with
cankerfretc1325
cankereda1398
mortified?a1425
gangrened1591
gangrenated1597
gangrenate1634
gangrenous1634
sphacelate1634
sphacelated1639
gangrenized1662
sphacelous1683
gangrenescent1759
mortifying1797
sphacelating1799
necrosed1821
necrotic1826
necrotizing1873
necrotized1929
1826 Lancet 12 Aug. 621/1 Any doubt in this stage of the disease whether the bone is necrotic or carious..will be removed when the swelling of the soft part breaks.
1831 J. F. South tr. A. W. Otto Pathol. Anat. 145 Scorbutic, ulceration and hospital gangrene render the bones in the neighbourhood necrotic [den in der Nähe befindlichen Knochen nekrotisch machen].
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 203 After 4 or 5 days of ligation the tongue becomes necrotic.
1897 Albutt's Syst. Med. III. 340 The necrotic process extending from within outwards.
1913 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 20 573 Only the peripheral part of thyroid grafts persisted, the central part becoming necrotic.
1931 Phytopathology 21 593 A virus remaining latent or producing a mosaic in some varieties may cause a well-defined necrotic effect in others.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 150 Tumours can become necrotic due to pressure on them in labour.
2001 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 27 Mar. c1/2 Maggots remove only dead, or ‘necrotic’, tissue in a wound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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