necrosis

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/
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/nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/ · /nɛˈkɹoʊ.sɪs/

Definition of necrosis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
    “Usually gangrene will follow necrosis unless the dead tissue is resected.”
    “These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis), equivalent to necro- + -osis.

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