necrosis

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

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necrosis (countable and uncountable, plural necroses)

1. (pathology) 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.

   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.

• necrobiosis

• Cisneros, Ericsson, Sconiers, sensoric

• necrose

necrosis (uncountable)

1. necrosis

From Late Latin necrōsis, from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis).

• IPA^(key): /neˈkɾosis/ [neˈkɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: ne‧cro‧sis

necrosis f (plural necrosis)

1. necrosis

• “necrosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024