Hypertext Webster Gateway: "necrosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Necrosis \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
necrosis
n : the localized death of living cells (as from infection or
the interruption of blood supply) [syn: {mortification},
{gangrene}, {sphacelus}]
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