Definition of "necrotizing" []

• Present participle of necrotize. (verb)
• Causing necrosis (adjective)

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• "Certain strains of strep also can cause meningitis, endocarditis, bacterial pneumonia and "flesh-eating" bacterial infections, also called necrotizing fasciitis."
• "One serious problem for preemies is an infection affecting the digestive system, called necrotizing enterocolitis."
• "It can result from a complication to invasive strep A called necrotizing fasciitis."