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  • adjective Alternative spelling of necrotizing.

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Examples

  • Those children who died were very sick and 103 of them were premature babies with a bowel condition called necrotising enterocolitis NEC – a severe condition affecting the gut.

    NHS: study criticises treatment of children who later died after surgery 2011

  • But unchecked, the disease can progress quickly in people susceptible to infection, producing toxins and enzymes that "" liquefy '' fat and muscle tissue, and cause gaping wounds, known as necrotising fasciitis.

    Britain: Fears Of Flesh-Eating Bacteria 2008

  • A hospital spokesman said the precise cause of the condition, called necrotising enterocolitis, was not known -- but "for some reason" the bowel became "disadvantaged."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • After biopsies on lumps which were growing on both sides of her neck, she was eventually diagnosed in June last year with a rare condition called necrotising lymphodentitis.

    EDP24 News 2010

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    Daily Telegraph | Top Stories 2010

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The 48-year-old tested positive after his death on September 10 for a type of flesh-eating bug called necrotising fasciitis, which can enter the skin through the tiniest cut before releasing flesh and muscle-destroying toxins.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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