Necrosis

Noun

 * 1)  The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

Derived terms

 * necrotic

Related terms

 * necrobiosis

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From νέκρωσις:.

Translations

 * Dutch:, afsterving
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: νέκρωση
 * Icelandic: drep


 * Japanese: 壊死
 * Polish: martwica
 * Russian: некроз
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: nekroz

Noun

 * 1) necrosis