Necrosis

[ne'krəʊsɪs] or [nɛ'krosɪs]

Definition

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

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

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