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Coagulative necrosis

Cell death in which the architecture of the tissue is preserved as a firm, pale eschar because the denaturing agent precipitates proteins in situ. Produced by strong acids. The self-limiting protein-precipitate barrier reduces depth of penetration at equivalent exposures compared with alkali.

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