😳 Extremely embarrassed 🦠 Dead tissue

mortified

9.9

Part of the body that has died because of disease or injury

adjective
/ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪd/

Specialized

: necrótico

The injury was so severe that the tissue around the wound became mortified, leading to further complications.

Examples

After the accident, part of his arm became mortified, requiring immediate medical attention.
The doctors were concerned because the patient's leg showed signs of being mortified due to a severe infection.
Doctors treated the mortified area to stop the necrosis from advancing further.
If the tissue becomes mortified, amputation may be necessary to prevent the spread of infection.
The surgeon noted that the patient's foot was mortified and required urgent intervention.
The doctor confirmed that the tissue was mortified.
After the accident, the patient's leg became mortified.

Synonyms

necrotic

vsmortified

Specialized

8 8.2

Tissue in the body that has died and no longer works

is used particularly for tissue death that is often fully decayed or infected

gangrenous

vsmortified

Specialized

4 9.1

Tissue that has died and started to rot because it lost blood or became infected

is the broader term for tissue death beyond only blood loss or infection cases

How Damaged

mortified

Specialized

9.9

necrotic

Specialized

8 8.2

damaged

1 1.1

injured

30 1.0

Surface Forms

mortified positive

Morphology

mortified = mortify (opaque) = mortify + ed

Although morphologically 'mortify' + '-ed', the medical/gangrenous sense depends on the rare 'to cause to die' sense of the verb, which learners who know only the common 'embarrass' sense will not infer.

Etymology

The word mortified comes from the root mort meaning 'death', the same root as in mortal and mortuary. So, when part of the body is called mortified, it means that tissue has died.