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Necrosis

Necrosis Meaning & Definition
Necrosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Necrosis?

[n] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Necrosis: gangrene | mortification | sphacelus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Necrosis: abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bleeding | blennorhea | cachexia | cachexy | caries | carrion | chill | chills | colic | constipation | convulsion | coughing | cyanosis | decay | decomposition | diarrhea | dizziness | dropsy | dry gangrene | dry rot | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | foulness | gangrene | gas gangrene | growth | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | indigestion | inflammation | insomnia | itching | jaundice | labored breathing | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | moist gangrene | mortification | nasal discharge | nausea | necrotic tissue | noma | pain | paralysis | pruritus | putrefaction | putrescence | putridity | putridness | rancidity | rancidness | rankness | rash | rheum | rot | rottenness | sclerosis | seizure | shock | skin eruption | slough | sneezing | sore | spasm | sphacelation | sphacelus | spoilage | tabes | tachycardia | tooth decay | tumor | upset stomach | vertigo | vomiting | wasting

See Also | death | myonecrosis

Necrosis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ne*cro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to make dead, to mortify, ? a dead body.] 1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See {Caries}. 2. (Bot.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

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