Usually means: Death of cells or tissues.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. necrosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. necrosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. necrosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. necrosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. necrosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. Necrosis, necrosis: Wordnik
  7. necrosis: Wiktionary
  8. necrosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. necrosis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. necrosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. necrosis: Dictionary.com
  12. necrosis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Necrosis (album), Necrosis (disambiguation), Necrosis (film), Necrosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Necrosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. necrosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. necrosis: Rhymezone
  17. Necrosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. necrosis: FreeDictionary.org
  19. necrosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. necrosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Necrosis: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. -necrosis: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. necrosis: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. necrosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. necrosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Necrosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Necrosis: Merck Manuals
  8. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  11. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  13. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  14. necrosis: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  15. Necrosis: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  16. Necrosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  17. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  18. necrosis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  19. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  20. necrosis: Medical dictionary
  21. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  22. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  23. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  24. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  25. Necrosis: Drug Medical Dictionary
  26. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Necrosis, Necrosis, Necrosis: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Necrosis: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  4. necrosis: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Necrosis: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  2. Necrosis: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See necroses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply. (Usually gangrene will follow unless the dead tissue is resected).

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