necrotize

IPA/ˈnek.rə.taɪz/
IPA/ˈnek.rə.taɪz/

necrotize — 動詞

  • 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

壞死

活組織因缺血、感染或毒素而死亡

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.

外科醫師警告 Ayesha，她腳踝傷口周圍被壓碎的組織已經開始壞死。

intransitive: [tissue] begins to necrotize

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

如果凍傷沒有及時處理，手指和腳趾的皮膚可能會壞死。

conditional warning about untreated injury causing tissue to necrotize

常見搭配
  • tissue necrotizes
  • necrotize the muscle
  • begin to necrotize
  • rapidly necrotize
  • necrotize around the wound
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.

同根字

  • necrosis
    名詞C2
  • necrotic
    形容詞C2
  • necrotization
    名詞C2

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常用片語

  • begin to necrotize
  • continue to necrotize
  • necrotize within hours

介系詞搭配

  • around (the wound)
  • within (the muscle)