Slough may be present but does not obscure the depth of tissue loss.

Wounds can also be described according to the degree of tissue loss.

This is critical during cardiac arrest, as each second of nonperfusion means tissue loss.

Alzheimer's disease leads to nerve cell death and tissue loss throughout the brain.

Body parts with high temperatures have the greatest tissue loss from immense maggot masses.

There was actually very little outright tissue loss.

Skin grafts will take care of the heavy tissue loss on his hands.

There are two distinct disease types that differ in the pattern of tissue loss.

"Well, there was some tissue loss, and the damage could be serious enough to cause permanent problems."

If he survives the next few days, we'll get blebs and maybe have some tissue loss, but that's the least of our problems.