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necrotizing

necrotizing is the present participle and gerund of necrotize.

Meaning of necrotize

Verb

necrotize (third-person singular simple present necrotizes, present participle necrotizing, simple past and past participle necrotized)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo necrosis; to become necrotic.
  2. (transitive) To cause necrosis; to make necrotic.

Adjective

necrotizing (not comparable)

  1. Causing necrosis.
    • Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of necrotizing

alternative formnecrotising

Words formed from necrotizing

Questions about necrotizing

What does necrotizing mean?
Necrotizing means causing necrosis.
What is necrotizing the present participle and gerund of?
Necrotizing is the present participle and gerund of necrotize.
What part of speech is necrotizing?
Necrotizing is an adjective.

Words near necrotizing in the dictionary

  1. necrotization
  2. necrotizations
  3. necrotize
  4. necrotized
  5. necrotizes
  6. necrotizing
  7. necrotizing fasciitis
  8. necrotomic
  9. necrotomies
  10. necrotomist
  11. necrotomists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrotizing (page history and authors); necrotize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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