necrotic

1. 1.

   relating to or affected by necrosis

   “necrotic tissue”

Questions about necrotic

What does necrotic mean?

necrotic means "relating to or affected by necrosis".

How many syllables are in necrotic?

necrotic has 3 syllables and divides as ne-cro-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is necrotic a common word?

necrotic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.