necrosis

Example Sentences

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The zombie is ambrosia for the mind of the horror-media buff: it possesses the visual and visceral spectacle of necrosis, the ever-present symbology of death, the excitement of the interminably strange.

From Salon

It was reattached at a hospital, but necrosis later set in and it had to be surgically removed, according to court filings.

From Seattle Times

Among the hundreds of cytokines that exist, tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, stands tall as the most potent and the most studied for nearly the past 50 years.

From Salon

It stems from an incident in May of this year when Ms. Brown was accused of cutting off the foot of a male patient who had developed necrosis from severe frostbite.

From Washington Times

But the man eventually developed necrosis — a condition where body tissue dies — when the red spot turned into dry, crusty skin that began to darken at the tip.

From Washington Times