Definition of necrose in English:
necrose
verb
Medicine(with reference to cells) die or cause to die owing to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
- ‘the knee became painful when the overlying skin necrosed under pressure’
decay, rot, decompose, go bad, go off, perish, spoil, deteriorate, fester, moulder
Pronunciation
Origin
Early 19th century back-formation from necrosis.
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