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necrosis

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. necrosis (noun)
  2. necrotic ring spot (noun)
  3. necrotic stomatitis (noun)
  4. infectious necrotic hepatitis (noun)

ne·cro·sis

noun \nə-ˈkrō-səs, ne-\
plural ne·cro·ses\-ˌsēz\

Definition of NECROSIS

: usu. localized death of living tissue
— ne·crot·ic \-ˈkrä-tik\ adjective

Origin of NECROSIS

Late Latin, from Greek nekrōsis, from nekroun to make dead, from nekros dead body
First Known Use: 1665

Rhymes with NECROSIS

cirrhosis, hypnosis, kenosis, lordosis, meiosis, miosis, mitosis, narcosis, neurosis, orthosis, osmosis, prognosis, psychosis, sclerosis, stenosis, thrombosis

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