1. affected by necrosis; having undergone tissue death
Usage: medical/technical term; British spelling (American: necrotized)

1. past tense and past participle of necrotise; to cause tissue death in; to undergo necrosis
Usage: medical/technical term; British spelling (American: necrotize)

Examples

• The infection caused the tissue to become necrotised within days.
• Doctors identified necrotised bone in the X-ray.
• The wound necrotised after the blood supply was cut off.
• Necrotised cells were removed during the surgical procedure.
• The frostbite necrotised the outer layers of skin.
• Without proper treatment, the infected area necrotised rapidly.