necrotizationn.
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)tʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnɛkrədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌnɛkrəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Pathology and Plant Pathology.
The process of causing or undergoing necrosis; the condition of being necrotic.
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1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 205 Kussmaul has tried some curious experiments on what he calls the necrotisation of limbs, by injection of chloroform.
1891 Daily News 27 Apr. 5/3 We now only hear of tuberculin as ‘an agent that can..hasten the necrotisation of tubercle’.
1937 Bot. Gaz. 98 850 The wounding experiments with acetic acid indicate that the primary growth responses incited by the extracts are initial growth responses to these substances and not secondary growth responses incited by local necrotization.
1975 Recent Adv. in Stud. Cardiac Struct. & Metabolism 6 121 Overdoses of isoproterenol produce.., eventually, cardiac fibre necrotization.
1996 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 83 895 The ovules will not develop until after necrotization of the stigmas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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