Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by necrosis; exhibiting necrosis: dead, as applied to tissues.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Affected with necrosis; ; characterized by, or producing, necrosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pathology Of or pertaining to
necrosis , particularly of tissue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or affected by necrosis
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Examples
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I prefer the term necrotic pustular basket of cowards, cheats, thieves, swindlers, con-artists, fuckwits lying bastards, child abusers and war criminals.
WordPress.com News 2009
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Is that considered some kind of necrotic cannibalism?
Carcass disposal in Europe. Feed the starving vultures. Ann Althouse 2009
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Part of the brain's left side was "necrotic", meaning the tissue was already dead.
Sentenced to Live 2007
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Severe brain injury usually produces an immediate "necrotic" death of nerve cells, but this damage is often followed by a secondary wave of injury that can last weeks, months, and even years, Burns says.
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The No. 1 mistake today is using the wrong word - "necrotic," for example, instead of "neurotic" - faults attributed partly to the vagaries of spellcheck.
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The most necrotic section of the board is the "Comics Journal" section itself, where people only post to bitch that their subscription copies are late.
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Can Muslims even suffer individually, when the temptation is to assume our rigid, practically necrotic homogeneity?
Haroon Moghul: It Hurts to Be Muslim, Too Haroon Moghul 2010
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Can Muslims even suffer individually, when the temptation is to assume our rigid, practically necrotic homogeneity?
Haroon Moghul: It Hurts to Be Muslim, Too Haroon Moghul 2010
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The Comedy is the story of a man poking at his necrotic self, trying to find the pink bits.
Heather Donahue: Sundance 2012: The Comedy Heather Donahue 2012
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The Comedy is the story of a man poking at his necrotic self, trying to find the pink bits.
Heather Donahue: Sundance 2012: The Comedy Heather Donahue 2012
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