adjective
- causing or characterized by the death of living tissue in a localized area of the body
Usage: medical/clinical term; British spelling (American spelling: necrotizing)
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, a serious bacterial infection.
- Necrotising enterocolitis is a life-threatening condition that affects premature infants.
- The wound showed signs of necrotising tissue damage.
- Doctors treated the necrotising infection with aggressive antibiotic therapy.
- Necrotising pancreatitis can lead to severe complications if left untreated.