necrotic

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Some of the tissue that has held us together and kept us alive is already necrotic.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

The reason became clear: Microbes were feasting on Assi’s necrotic flesh.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2024

It was starting to become black—the telltale sign of dying, necrotic tissue.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

"He's in excruciating agony because his hip bones are now no longer ball or socket, just jagged, worn, necrotic bones on bones. There are cysts in the joints where cartilage once lived," Mrs Speirs said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

The Actual Cautery.—Largely of the same empirical nature, yet doing something a little more calculated to destroy necrotic tissue and bring about its sloughing is the use of the cautery, both actual and potential.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton