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necrotic

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore N words

relating to or affected by the death and decay of living tissue

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Necrotic in a sentence

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Surgeons removed the necrotic tissue to halt the infection.

Synonyms
deadgangrenousmortified
Antonyms
healthylivingviable
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Necrotic (adjective) means relating to or affected by the death and decay of living tissue
Here is necrotic used in an example sentence: "Surgeons removed the necrotic tissue to halt the infection."
Common synonyms for necrotic include dead, gangrenous, mortified.
Antonyms of necrotic include healthy, living, viable.
Necrotic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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