Necrosis Definition

nə-krōsĭs, nĕ-
necroses
noun
The death or decay of tissue in a particular part of the body, as from loss of blood supply, burning, etc.
Webster's New World
Death of plant tissue, as from disease, frost, etc.
Webster's New World
Necrosis is a decay or death of cells, typically because of blood flow problems, diseases or injury.
An example of necrosis is when blood flow is cut off to the foot in an accident and the living cells of the foot die.
YourDictionary
Advertisement

Other Word Forms of Necrosis

Noun

Singular:
necrosis
Plural:
necroses

Origin of Necrosis

  • Late Latin necrōsis a causing to die, killing from Greek nekrōsis death from nekroun to make dead from nekros corpse nek-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nekrōsis).

    From Wiktionary

Advertisement

Necrosis Is Also Mentioned In

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to necrosis using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

necrosis