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Definition of necrotizing fasciitis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

necrotizing fasciitis

noun

/ˌnekrətaɪzɪŋ fæʃiˈaɪtɪs/

/ˌnekrətaɪzɪŋ fæʃiˈaɪtɪs/

(British English also necrotising fasciitis)

[uncountable] (medical)

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a serious infection that causes cell tissue to be rapidly destroyed

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