necrosis
noun
ne·cro·sis
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plural necroses\ nə-ˈkrō-ˌsēz
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Definition of necrosis
: usually localized death of living tissue
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Dozens More in Her Apartment: 'We Kept Finding Handfuls' In some cases, the bite can cause necrosis, or tissue death, resulting in an ulcer in the skin. — Christina Oehler, Health.com, "Doctors Find Brown Recluse Spider in Woman’s Ear After She Complains of 'Swooshing' Sound," 26 Aug. 2019 The worst long-term effect of excessive heat exposure would be death by heatstroke (especially from late-onset multi-organ failure and skin necrosis/slough that are secondary to heatstroke)! — Maddie Hiatt, House Beautiful, "How To Keep Your Pet Safe This Summer," 26 July 2019 Serious but rare side effects include delayed onset infections, recurrence of herpetic eruptions, and superficial necrosis at the injection site. — Vogue, "Celebrity Manicurist Deborah Lippmann on Beauty, Aging, and the Product That Changed her Relationship With her Hands," 1 Apr. 2019 With young children, there can be localized soft tissue effects such as necrosis, pain and swelling, Batchelor said. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "Mom warns of copperhead snakes after toddler is seriously injured by venomous serpent," 2 Oct. 2018 With young children, there can be localized soft tissue effects such as necrosis, pain and swelling, Batchelor said. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "Mom warns of copperhead snakes after toddler is seriously injured by venomous serpent," 2 Oct. 2018 With young children, there can be localized soft tissue effects such as necrosis, pain and swelling, Batchelor said. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "Mom warns of copperhead snakes after toddler is seriously injured by venomous serpent," 2 Oct. 2018 With young children, there can be localized soft tissue effects such as necrosis, pain and swelling, Batchelor said. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "Mom warns of copperhead snakes after toddler is seriously injured by venomous serpent," 2 Oct. 2018 Andrey Suchilin, a Russian guitarist, had developed tissue necrosis during a vacation in Spain. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "What to Know About Necrosis, the Deadly Disease That Made a Man Smell So Bad His Plane Had an Emergency Landing," 28 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'necrosis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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necrosis
noun
ne·cro·sis
| \ nə-ˈkrō-səs, ne-
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plural necroses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of necrosis
: death of living tissue
specifically
: death of a portion of tissue differentially affected by local injury (as loss of blood supply, corrosion, burning, or the local lesion of a disease) — compare necrobiosis
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