necrotizing
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Related to necrotizing: necrotizing enterocolitis, necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, necrotizing sialometaplasia, necrotizing lymphadenitis, necrotizing pancreatitis, necrotizing cellulitis
nec·ro·tize
(nĕk′rə-tīz′)intr. & tr.v. nec·ro·tized, nec·ro·tiz·ing, nec·ro·tiz·es
To undergo necrosis or cause to necrose.
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necrotizing
adj necrotizante, necrosanteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.