necrotise

/ˈnek.rə.taɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnek.rə.taɪz/ (ame, ipa)

necrotise — verb

  • necrotisepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • necrotises3rd person singular
  • necrotising-ing form
  • necrotisedpast simple

1. if body tissue necrotises, it becomes dead because disease, injury, or loss of b

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C2
釋義

if body tissue necrotises, it becomes dead because disease, injury, or loss of blood supply has destroyed it; if something necrotises tissue, it makes that tissue die.

例句

Without quick treatment, the skin around Sana's burn began to necrotise.

intransitive: tissue began to necrotise

The infection necrotised the tissue in Felix's toe after the cut.

transitive: infection necrotised tissue

同義詞
  • die

    the everyday verb; it is broader and does not specifically signal tissue death

  • gangrene

    narrower and stronger; usually refers to advanced tissue death, often with infection or lost blood supply

  • decay

    broader and less medical; often used for teeth, plants, or general breakdown

反義詞
  • heal

    if tissue heals, it recovers instead of dying

  • recover

    broader term for getting better, not specifically for damaged tissue

文法句型

tissue necrotises

necrotise tissue

begin to necrotise

become necrotised after injury

用法筆記

Usually used in medical writing about skin, bone, bowel, or other tissue after pressure, infection, radiation, or loss of blood supply. In everyday speech, doctors and patients often just say the tissue 'died' instead.

常見錯誤

❌The whole patient necrotised after surgery.
✅The tissue around the wound necrotised after surgery.
💡this verb is used for body tissue, not for a whole person or animal.
❌The bleach necrotised the bandage.
✅The bleach damaged the bandage, but it did not necrotise anything.
💡necrotise describes tissue death, not ordinary damage to an object.