necrotic

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Ninety-percent of her flipper was necrotic, and veterinary staff promptly removed the dead tissue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

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

Commonly, however, on account of the non-vascularity of the structure of the tendon, the necrotic spot in it tends to spread.

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