Meaning of NECROSIS
| Pronunciation: | | ne'krowsis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) |
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| | Synonyms: | | gangrene, mortification, sphacelus |
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| | See Also: | | death, myonecrosis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Changes due to death of cells or organs. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Death of living tissues due to infection or injury. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, caries, carrion, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, decay, decomposition, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dry gangrene, dry rot, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, foulness, gangrene, gas gangrene, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, moist gangrene, mortification, nasal discharge, nausea, necrotic tissue, noma, pain, paralysis, pruritus, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, rash, rheum, rot, rottenness, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, slough, sneezing, sore, spasm, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tabes, tachycardia, tooth decay, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting |
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