1. affected by or showing necrosis; having undergone tissue death
Usage: medical/pathological term

1. past tense and past participle of necrotize; to cause necrosis in (tissue); to undergo necrosis
Usage: medical/pathological term

Examples

• The surgeon examined the necrotized tissue and determined that amputation was necessary.
• Severe frostbite can cause skin to become necrotized within days.
• The infection necrotized the surrounding muscle, spreading rapidly through the wound.
• Necrotized bone fragments were carefully removed during the debridement procedure.
• Without proper blood flow, the cells necrotized and formed a dark eschar.
• The pathologist identified necrotized areas in the biopsy sample under the microscope.