necrotized
Cells have died
Necrotized describes tissue that has died, typically due to loss of blood supply, infection, or injury.
The term appears in medical contexts: The surgeon removed the necrotized flesh.
Necrotized tissue cannot recover and often must be cut away to prevent spread of damage to surrounding healthy areas.
Breakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- autolysisCell's enzymatic self-destruction
decay · devitalized · slough · eschar · liquefaction · avascular · mummification · gangrenous
Tissue death from bloodlessness
- tissue deathCells ceasing to function
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
amputation · ischemia · ulceration · abscess · cellulitis · osteomyelitis · wound care · antibiotics
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
excision · grafting · revascularization · prognosis · complication · chronic wound · margin · demarcation
decomposition
Breakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
autolysis · decay · devitalized · slough · eschar · liquefaction · avascular · mummification · gangrenous · blackened
gangrene
Tissue death from bloodlessness
- tissue deathCells ceasing to function
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
debridement · amputation · ischemia · ulceration · abscess · cellulitis · osteomyelitis · wound care · antibiotics · lesion
biopsy
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- stagingPreparing for presentation
debridement · excision · grafting · revascularization · prognosis · complication · chronic wound · margin · demarcation · spread
necrotizedregenerated
Restored after damage
healed · healing · regenerating · revitalized · recovering