How to Use necrosis in a Sentence

necrosis

noun
  • But that loss of blood to limbs can lead to necrosis, or rotting, of the flesh.
    — Christopher O'Donnell, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The leaves are not turning yellow and there are no signs of necrosis.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2021
  • Brown recluse spiders’ bites can cause skin necrosis, Lyons said.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 July 2024
  • The leaf with marginal necrosis has lost a lot of water and half of it is dead.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Avascular necrosis meant a loss of blood flow to the bone, killing tissue.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
  • For says there’s a compound in the plant called cycasin that can cause liver necrosis.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • When filler cuts off blood supply to the tissue, the tissue dies (this is called necrosis).
    — Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The pathogen has been known to cause necrosis—when cell or body tissue dies prematurely—and death.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2026
  • The team found this regular motion is part of what prevents necrosis in the liver.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2020
  • It was confirmed that an orphan drug can treat necrosis caused by spitting-cobra venom.
    — Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • Had lost over 90% of my natural breasts to necrosis and refused to get a fat transfer.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Restricted blood flow can cause necrosis, or in rare cases, blindness, if the blood vessel is close to the eyes.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The venom of a brown recluse can cause a severe lesion by destroying skin tissue (skin necrosis).
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Your hellebore may be infected with Helleborus net necrosis virus, also known as black death.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Suchilin’s condition worsened with the tissue necrosis spreading to his kidneys, heart and lungs.
    — Alexia Fernandez, ajc, 28 June 2018
  • This means that when injected, xylazine will kill cells on contact and create pockets of necrosis under the skin.
    — Rachel McFadden, The Conversation, 24 July 2024
  • This blockage can restrict blood flow to organs, resulting in tissue necrosis.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • This blockage can restrict blood flow to organs, resulting in tissue necrosis.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Years ago, Cotton developed bone necrosis in his right front leg and had to have an amputation.
    — cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The disease causes a plethora of blood clots that have lead to Marie contracting gangrene and necrosis.
    — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Coming in contact with venomous jellyfish species may lead to necrosis of the skin, Maxfield notes.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
  • In the liver, blocking this enzyme causes a cascade of trouble that results in cell death and tissue necrosis.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2022
  • That there’s room for those performers on the show now is, in part, a positive side effect of the institution’s own necrosis.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Others suffered physical damage and went through necrosis, their membranes splitting open and their contents spilling out.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The doctor cut away the infected flesh at the site of the bite, which often results in necrosis and other painful, dangerous side effects.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2018
  • All the placentas also showed dead cells made up the major cell barrier between the mother and fetus, known as trophoblast necrosis.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The same medication that stopped Breen from dying led to necrosis (tissue death) of his extremities.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Twenty-two days after the necrosis started, the patient was started on an antifungal treatment.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2016
  • Also carries risks of extreme swelling, bruising, necrosis and ulceration or at the injection site.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • By then, however, the necrosis had spread, and another operation was required to remove the entire hand.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017

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