necrosis

IPA: nʌkrˈoʊsʌs

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

Examples of "necrosis" in Sentences

Dr. Detlef Weigel and colleagues found that one mechanism, hybrid necrosis, is associated with a plant defense gene.
But there is a patient here who has significant what's called necrosis, where parts of her leg had died as a result of crush injury.
GUPTA: There is a patient here who had significant, what's called necrosis, where parts of her leg had died as a result of crush injury.
The spreading infection resulted in necrosis, which is the deadening of tissues caused by septicemia with its resulting lack of blood flow to organs and tissues.
As a result, he developed "skin necrosis and abscess formation which required multiple surgical procedures to repair ...." and subsequently sued seeking recovery for those injuries and the replacement cost of his wheelchair.
The record further establishes that the skin necrosis and abscess, which did not appear until approximately two months after the accident, were not related to any injury plaintiff sustained in the accident, but rather were caused by an ill-fitting replacement wheelchair.
Patients also had complications including hematoma, or internal bleeding, following breast-enlargement surgery, infection, the development of dead tissue known as necrosis, cardiac arrests, breathing problems, pulmonary embolism and other blood clots, and allergic reactions.