flesh-eating

• يصف شيئًا يتغذى على اللحم أو يأكله، ويُستخدم عادة في السياق البيولوجي الحرفي أو مجازيًا للدلالة على شيء شديد العدوانية أو التدمير.

Describes something that consumes or feeds on flesh, typically used in a literal biological context or figuratively for something extremely aggressive or destructive.

1. CarnivorousB2formal

   Describing an animal that feeds on the flesh of other animals.

   آكل اللحوم

   • The Komodo dragon is a flesh-eating reptile.
   • Flesh-eating predators play a crucial role in the ecosystem.
   • Some dinosaurs were flesh-eating creatures.

   المرادفاتcarnivorousmeat-eatingpredaciouspredatoryzoophagous

2. Necrotizing (medical)C1formal

   Describing a type of infection that destroys soft tissue, often rapidly.

   مُحَلِّل للأنسجة (مصطلح طبي)

   • Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious flesh-eating disease.
   • The patient was diagnosed with a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
   • Doctors had to perform surgery to remove the flesh-eating tissue.