Definitions
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- adjective (Med.) Affected by necrosis; dead.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
necrose .
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Examples
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[…] As Neveletlen and several other media outlets wrote, stem cells were obtained from necrosed, or aborted foetuses.
Global Voices in English » Hungary, Ukraine: Illegal Stem Cell Therapy 2009
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In the late 1920s, medical investigations revealed that the bones in their jaws had necrosed, their tongues had been scarred by irradiation, and many had become chronically anemic a sign of severe bone marrow damage.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the late 1920s, medical investigations revealed that the bones in their jaws had necrosed, their tongues had been scarred by irradiation, and many had become chronically anemic a sign of severe bone marrow damage.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the late 1920s, medical investigations revealed that the bones in their jaws had necrosed, their tongues had been scarred by irradiation, and many had become chronically anemic a sign of severe bone marrow damage.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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But if the contusion appear to be at the bone, if it be still recent, and the bone has not yet become necrosed, if it be very small, it is to be burned as has been described; but if the rising along the bone be oblong, several eschars are to be burned over it.
On The Articulations 2007
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After several days the skin became necrosed, although the inner circulation remained normal.
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In reply to a question, Dr. Riggs stated that whenever absorption goes on irregularly, unless the inflammatory action is extreme, it will sometimes absorb one or two bone-cells, and then skip one or two, and these last, being isolated, naturally die, or become necrosed to some extent.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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Some treat it by stippling in acids underneath the gum, thinking thereby to dissolve away not only the tartar, but the necrosed bone.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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This often made the closure of the exit wound a very protracted event, the track continuing to discharge a small quantity of bloody serum and fragments of necrosed tissue for many weeks.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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In many cases the mucous membrane appeared to be superficially necrosed, and covered with diphtheritic patches.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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