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necrosis

noun

1 necrosis

The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).

synonyms: gangrene, mortification, sphacelus.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: gangreen, necrose, afsterving
Polish: martwica, nekroza


Moby thesaurus: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, caries, carrion, chill, chills, colic ... show more.

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