Meanings
nounnecrosis (countable and uncountable, plural necroses)
plural necroses
- countableuncountablemedicineThe localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
Usually gangrene will follow necrosis unless the dead tissue is resected.
1 more example
These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.
2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνέκρωσις
- Englishnecrosis
From Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis), equivalent to necro- + -osis.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nekrose
- nekroselocalized death of cells or tissue
Ancient Greek νέκρωσις
- νέκρωσις (nékrōsis)localized death of cells or tissue
Arabic نَخِر
- نَخِر (naḵir)localized death of cells or tissue
Basque nekrosi
- nekrosilocalized death of cells or tissue
Bulgarian некроза
- некроза (nekroza)localized death of cells or tissue
Catalan necrosi
- necrosilocalized death of cells or tissue
Chinese Cantonese 壞死 /坏死
- 壞死 /坏死 (waai⁶ sei²)localized death of cells or tissue
Chinese Mandarin 壞死 /坏死
- 壞死 /坏死 (huàisǐ)localized death of cells or tissue
Czech nekróza
- nekrózalocalized death of cells or tissue
Danish nekrose
- nekroselocalized death of cells or tissue
Dutch necrose, afsterving
- necroselocalized death of cells or tissue
- afstervinglocalized death of cells or tissue
Esperanto nekrozo
- nekrozolocalized death of cells or tissue
Estonian nekroos
- nekrooslocalized death of cells or tissue
Finnish kuolio, nekroosi
- kuoliolocalized death of cells or tissue
- nekroosilocalized death of cells or tissue
French nécrose
- nécroselocalized death of cells or tissue
German Nekrose, Gewebetod
- Nekroselocalized death of cells or tissue
- Gewebetodlocalized death of cells or tissue
Greek νέκρωση
- νέκρωση (nékrosi)localized death of cells or tissue
Hebrew נֶקרוֹזָה
- נֶקרוֹזָה (nekróza)localized death of cells or tissue
Hindi परिगलन
- परिगलन (pariglan)localized death of cells or tissue
Hungarian elhalás, nekrózis
- elhaláslocalized death of cells or tissue
- nekrózislocalized death of cells or tissue
- sejtelhaláslocalized death of cells or tissue
- szövetelhaláslocalized death of cells or tissue
Icelandic drep
- dreplocalized death of cells or tissue
Irish neacróis
- neacróislocalized death of cells or tissue
Italian necrosi
- necrosilocalized death of cells or tissue
Japanese 壊死
- 壊死 (eshi)localized death of cells or tissue
Korean 괴사
- 괴사 (goesa)localized death of cells or tissue
Latvian nekroze
- nekrozelocalized death of cells or tissue
Lithuanian nekrozė
- nekrozėlocalized death of cells or tissue
Norwegian Bokmål nekrose
- nekroselocalized death of cells or tissue
Persian مردگی
- مردگی (mordegi)localized death of cells or tissue
Polish martwica, nekroza
- martwicalocalized death of cells or tissue
- nekrozalocalized death of cells or tissue
Portuguese necrose
- necroselocalized death of cells or tissue
Romanian necroză
- necrozălocalized death of cells or tissue
Russian некро́з
- некро́з (nekróz)localized death of cells or tissue
Scottish Gaelic neacrois
- neacroislocalized death of cells or tissue
Slovak nekróza
- nekrózalocalized death of cells or tissue
Spanish necrosis
- necrosislocalized death of cells or tissue
Swedish nekros
- nekroslocalized death of cells or tissue
Tamil நசிவு
- நசிவு (nacivu)localized death of cells or tissue
Thai การตายเฉพาะส่วน
- การตายเฉพาะส่วน (gaan-dtaai-chà-pór-sùan)localized death of cells or tissue
Turkish nekroz
- nekrozlocalized death of cells or tissue
Ukrainian некро́з
- некро́з (nekróz)localized death of cells or tissue
Vietnamese hoại tử
- hoại tửlocalized death of cells or tissue
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Cite this entry
APA
necrosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necrosis
MLA
“necrosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necrosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “necrosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necrosis.
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