necrosis
/nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs//nɛˈkɹoʊ.sɪs/
necrosis noun: the localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
Noun
necrosis (countable and uncountable, plural necroses)
- 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.
- 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
necrosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Arabic
necrosis in Hindi
- localized death of cells or tissue
- परिगलन pariglan
necrosis in Tamil
- localized death of cells or tissue
- நசிவு nacivu
necrosis in Gujarati
- localized death of cells or tissue
- પરિગલન pariglan
necrosis in Arabic
- localized death of cells or tissue
- نَخِر naḵir
More languagesFewer languages
- necrosis in Persian
- مردگی mordegi
- necrosis in Thai
- การตายเฉพาะส่วน gaan-dtaai-chà-pór-sùan
- necrosis in Vietnamese
- hoại tử
Examples of necrosis in a sentence
- Thus, relevant mid-term complications, such as humeral head necrosis, malunion and nonunion may not have been detected.
- Following laparoscopic ileocecectomy, pathology demonstrated haemorrhage, inflammation, oedema and full thickness necrosis of the caecal wall.
- Severe scleritis additionally involves fibrinoid necrosis with consequent tissue loss seen clinically as scleral thinning (scleromalacia).
Forms of necrosis
| plural | necroses |
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Origin of necrosis
From Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis), equivalent to necro- + -osis.
Words formed from necrosis
- adiponecrosis
- angionecrosis
- antinecrosis
- aponecrosis
- arteriolonecrosis
- aseptic necrosis
- autonecrosis
- avascular necrosis
- bionecrosis
- caseous necrosis
- chondronecrosis
- cryonecrosis
- cytonecrosis
- dermonecrosis
- fibronecrosis
- hepatonecrosis
- ischemic bone necrosis
- liponecrosis
- micronecrosis
- myonecrosis
- necrolysis
- necroptosis
- necrosectomy
- necrotic
- -nercept
- odontonecrosis
- osteochemonecrosis
- osteonecrosis
- osteoradionecrosis
- pannecrosis
- phosphonecrosis
- phosphorus necrosis
- photonecrosis
- pyronecrosis
- radionecrosis
- spongionecrosis
- steatonecrosis
- tubulonecrosis
- tumor necrosis factor
Phrases with necrosis
Questions about necrosis
- What does necrosis mean?
- Necrosis means the localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
- What is necrosis in Hindi?
- Necrosis in Hindi is परिगलन (pariglan). See Necrosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is necrosis?
- Necrosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce necrosis?
- Necrosis is pronounced /nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of necrosis?
- The plural of necrosis is necroses.
Words near necrosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: necrosis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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