Definitions for: Necrosis

[n] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Webster (1913) Definition: Ne*cro"sis, n. [NL., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to make dead,
to mortify, ? a dead body.]
1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of
a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its
death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.

2. (Bot.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually
dry up from the bark to the center.

Synonyms: gangrene, mortification, sphacelus

See Also: death, myonecrosis

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