How to Use necrotic in a Sentence

necrotic

adjective
  • Check for thrips, scale, mealy bugs, necrotic leaves and the like.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Blood clots in his neck could have also led to a necrotic lesion.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
  • What happens if a cell becomes necrotic, or what is that kind of death?
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • One species is even venomous, its bite necrotic causing flesh to rot.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
  • Some years ago, the adult child of a patient with a necrotic foot asked for a wound consult.
    — Julie Roskamp, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Twig blight can make the branches of the camellia necrotic and turn leaves from green to pale yellow.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
  • But readers among the living may be reluctant to take on such a necrotic tale.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • The wounds can become necrotic and in some cases lead to soft tissue injury.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 June 2023
  • The attack had left one of his legs mangled and necrotic, with the bone badly exposed.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The tissue around its eye is swollen and necrotic, with holes in the skin that even contain what look grubs, but may be more ticks.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 27 June 2024
  • These bites turn necrotic, meaning blood flow gets shut down around the bite and cells that are deprived of oxygen start to die.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • Given the masses, blood clots, and spreading necrotic ulcer, the man was sent to surgery.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
  • Leaf spot is a fungal disease that is characterized by necrotic spots on the leaves of a plant.
    — oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Stage 3 The appendix is necrotic (its tissues have died) due to a lack of blood flow.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 17 May 2025
  • With no antibiotics in the field, the infection turned necrotic.
    — Carol Guzy, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The impatiens necrotic spot virus and the disease Pythium wilt have both been around for years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The venom from the recluse is a potent cytotoxin that can cause necrotic lesions that could take months to heal.
    — al, 28 June 2022
  • Some became deep ulcers, while others became necrotic, turning to black scabs.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • When Elisabeth wakes up, her pointer finger has gone necrotic.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Brown severed a 62-year-old patient's necrotic foot on May 27.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Volutella is a fungus that can cause necrotic blotches on leaves and stems; the blotches range in color from brown to black.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • What should have been a beautiful network of healthy tissues had turned purulent, necrotic and slimy.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • His feet became necrotic, meaning his tissue had died, according to the complaint.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Leaves develop any of several necrotic spots during our wet winters.
    — oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The suit also states Odum’s son developed necrotic bone tissue and a bone infection.
    — Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
  • Users reported grotesque necrotic wounds that eat away at their skin and even the underlying flesh – a side effect of the veterinary drug.
    — Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • For example, xylazine can cause severe wounds that can become infected or necrotic.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Ninety-percent of her flipper was necrotic, and veterinary staff promptly removed the dead tissue.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Abusing alcohol also puts you at a greater risk of developing necrotic tissue.
    — Cara Beth Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And the necrotic tissue doesn't necessarily develop at the site where the drug was injected.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2022

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