Definition of Necrotizing

1. Verb. (present participle of necrotize) ¹

2. Adjective. Causing necrosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Necrotizing

1. necrotize [v] - See also: necrotize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necrotizing

necrotic cyst
necrotic infectious conjunctivitis
necrotic inflammation
necrotic pulp
necrotic rhinitis of pigs
necrotically
necrotise
necrotised
necrotises
necrotising
necrotising fascitis
necrotize
necrotized
necrotizes
necrotizing (current term)
necrotizing angiitis
necrotizing arteriolitis
necrotizing cellulitis
necrotizing encephalitis
necrotizing encephalomyelopathy
necrotizing encephalopathy
necrotizing enteritis
necrotizing enterocolitis
necrotizing fasciitis
necrotizing papillitis
necrotizing scleritis
necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
necrotomies
necrotomy

Literary usage of Necrotizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Nowadays the term periarteritis nodosa is used largely for a necrotizing ... These we believe should be designated by the term necrotizing arteritis with or ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1891)
"It contains a certain quantity of necrotizing substance, a correspondingly large dose of which injures certain tissue elements even in a healthy person, ..."

3. Tobacco Effects In The Mouth by Robert E. Mecklenburg (1995)
"(Figures 20 and 21) Figure 20—labial, lower cuspid Food gingival recession Figure 21—Labial, lower incisor Extensive gingival recession • Acute necrotizing ..."

4. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser (1918)
"The toxic action of such scrum, however, they separate from the necrotizing action, concluding that this is independent of complement, and more thermostable ..."

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