necrotic
/nɛˈkrɒtɪk/adjective
necrotic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-C-R-O-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does necrotic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce necrotic?
- /nɛˈkrɒtɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-necrotic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of necrotic
- more necrotic comparative
- most necrotic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is necrotic?
Necrotic appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Necrotic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to necrosis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nécrotique |
| Portuguese | necrótico, necrósico |
| Spanish | necrótico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.