necrosis
[nuh-kroh-sis, ne-]
noun
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
Origin of necrosis
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Related Words for necrotic
mortal, destructive, murderous, noxious, dangerous, poisonous, devastating, pernicious, harmful, malignant, virulent, fatal, baleful, deathly, hurtful, mortuary, pestilent, pestilential, mortiferousnecrosis
noun
Word Origin for necrosis
C17: New Latin from Greek nekrōsis, from nekroun to kill, from nekros corpse
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necrosis
[nə-krō′sĭs]
n. pl. ne•cro•ses (-sēz′)
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necrosis
[nə-krō′sĭs]
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