noun
- Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.
- The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply.
- synonyms: necrosis, mortification, sphacelus
verb
- Undergo necrosis.
- usage: "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
- synonyms: necrose, mortify, sphacelate
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