νέκρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρόω (nekróō, I make dead, I am dead; I mortify) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νέκρωσις • (nékrōsisf (genitive νέκρωσεως); third declension

  1. a state of death, deadness; death
    • Ep., Cor. 4.10
  2. (figurative) mortification
    • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, SA2 10
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, 18(1) 156
    • Ep., Rom. 4.19
    • Astrampsychus, Dream Interpretations 6R

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: necrosis

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