2. Adjective. Causing necrosis ¹
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Definition of Necrotizing
1. necrotize [v] - See also: necrotize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necrotizing
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 ..."