necrotize

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

necrotize — verb

  • necrotizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • necrotizes3rd person singular
  • necrotizing-ing form
  • necrotizedpast simple

1. in medical use, when living body tissue stops working and breaks down — for exam

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C2
釋義

in medical use, when living body tissue stops working and breaks down — for example, skin going black after a deep burn, or muscle dying around a serious wound — usually because blood flow has been cut off, an infection has spread, or a poison has reached the cells.

例句

The surgeon warned Ayesha that the crushed tissue around her ankle wound had begun to necrotize.

intransitive: [tissue] begins to necrotize

If frostbite is not treated quickly, the skin on the fingers and toes can necrotize.

conditional warning about untreated injury causing tissue to necrotize

同義詞
  • die off

    everyday phrasal verb for the same idea; used when speaking plainly to patients

  • mortify

    older medical term; now mostly literary or historical

  • gangrene

    as a verb, refers specifically to tissue death with bacterial decay, often producing a foul smell

反義詞
  • heal

    tissue repairs itself rather than dying

  • regenerate

    new healthy cells grow back to replace lost tissue

文法句型

[tissue] necrotizes

[agent] necrotizes [tissue]

用法筆記

Subject is usually body tissue (skin, muscle, organ) when intransitive, and a damaging agent (infection, toxin, frostbite, lack of blood supply) when transitive. Frequent in medical reports and surgical notes; everyday speakers say 'die off' or 'rot' instead.

常見錯誤

❌My finger necrotized after I cut it last week.
✅The tip of my finger necrotized after I cut it last week, because the blood supply was lost.
💡necrotize describes tissue death, not a small healing wound; use only when cells actually died.
❌The plant leaves necrotized in the cold.
✅The plant leaves died in the cold.
💡necrotize is for human or animal body tissue in medical contexts, not for plants in everyday speech.