nec·ro·sin | \ ˈnek-rə-sən 
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\Medical Definition of necrosin
: a toxic substance associated with euglobulin in injured tissue and inflammatory exudates that induces leukopenia and hastens blood coagulation and is regarded by some as a proteolytic enzyme
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