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necrosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /nɛˈkɹoʊ.sɪs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
   • These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia. 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • Usually gangrene will follow necrosis unless the dead tissue is resected.

Forms

Deriveds

chondronecrosis · arteriolonecrosis · necroptosis · photonecrosis · necrolysis · necrosectomy · liponecrosis · -nercept · odontonecrosis · pyronecrosis · phosphonecrosis · tumor necrosis factor · pannecrosis · tubulonecrosis · bionecrosis · adiponecrosis · avascular necrosis · fibronecrosis · autonecrosis · micronecrosis · hepatonecrosis · osteonecrosis · angionecrosis · phosphorus necrosis · cryonecrosis · cytonecrosis · antinecrosis · myonecrosis · osteoradionecrosis · aseptic necrosis · caseous necrosis · osteochemonecrosis · ischemic bone necrosis · necrotic · spongionecrosis · steatonecrosis · dermonecrosis · aponecrosis · radionecrosis

Relateds

necrobiosis

Translations (67)

fi nekroosi (localized death of cells or tissue) · bg некроза (localized death of cells or tissue) · de Nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · cmn 壞死 /坏死 (localized death of cells or tissue) · sk nekróza (localized death of cells or tissue) · hu szövetelhalás (localized death of cells or tissue) · gsw Nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · grc νέκρωσις (localized death of cells or tissue) · vi hoại tử (localized death of cells or tissue) · gd neacrois (localized death of cells or tissue) · tr nekroz (localized death of cells or tissue) · it necrosi (localized death of cells or tissue) · ro necroză (localized death of cells or tissue) · ar نَخِر (localized death of cells or tissue) · rue некроза (localized death of cells or tissue) · eo nekrozo (localized death of cells or tissue) · pt necrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · ta நசிவு (localized death of cells or tissue) · fr nécrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · fi kuolio (localized death of cells or tissue) · sl nekroza (localized death of cells or tissue) · el νέκρωση (localized death of cells or tissue) · cs nekróza (localized death of cells or tissue) · be некроз (localized death of cells or tissue) · kk өліеттену (localized death of cells or tissue) · ja 壊死 (localized death of cells or tissue) · nn nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · uk некро́з (localized death of cells or tissue) · es necrosis (localized death of cells or tissue) · pl nekroza (localized death of cells or tissue) · nb nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · sl mrtvina (localized death of cells or tissue) · nan-hbl 壞死 /坏死 (localized death of cells or tissue) · oc necròsi (localized death of cells or tissue) · sv nekros (localized death of cells or tissue) · hu nekrózis (localized death of cells or tissue) · et nekroos (localized death of cells or tissue) · pl martwica (localized death of cells or tissue) · fa مردگی (localized death of cells or tissue) · sh nekróza (localized death of cells or tissue) · hi परिगलन (localized death of cells or tissue) · ky некроз (localized death of cells or tissue) · de Gewebetod (localized death of cells or tissue) · sq nekroza (localized death of cells or tissue) · sh некро́за (localized death of cells or tissue) · he נֶקרוֹזָה (localized death of cells or tissue) · ca necrosi (localized death of cells or tissue) · ru некро́з (localized death of cells or tissue) · nl necrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · lt nekrozė (localized death of cells or tissue) · da nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · ga neacróis (localized death of cells or tissue) · yue 壞死 /坏死 (localized death of cells or tissue) · hu sejtelhalás (localized death of cells or tissue) · eu nekrosi (localized death of cells or tissue) · th การตายเฉพาะส่วน (localized death of cells or tissue) · io nekroso (localized death of cells or tissue) · is drep (localized death of cells or tissue) · gl necrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · hy նեկրոզ (localized death of cells or tissue) · af nekrose (localized death of cells or tissue) · lv nekroze (localized death of cells or tissue) · mk некроза (localized death of cells or tissue) · hu elhalás (localized death of cells or tissue) · nl afsterving (localized death of cells or tissue) · gu પરિગલન (localized death of cells or tissue) · ko 괴사 (localized death of cells or tissue)