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necrosis |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: necrosis n : the localized death of living cells (as from the interruption of blood supply) [syn: {local death}]
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