Necrosis synonyms

nə-krō'sĭs, nĕ-

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corruption
(Computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
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putrefaction
Rotted material
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mortification
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
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gangrene
Decay of tissue in a part of the body when the blood supply is obstructed by injury, disease, etc.
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sphacelus
(Medicine) gangrenous part
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parenchymal (related)
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epidermal (related)
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avascular (related)
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demyelination (related)
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neutrophilic (related)
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chronic-inflammation (related)
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eosinophilic (related)
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cutaneous (related)
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neoplastic (related)
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granuloma (related)
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stromal (related)
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calcification (related)
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granulomatous (related)
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extrahepatic (related)
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tumoral (related)
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rot
A rotting or being rotten; decay, decomposition, or putrefaction
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decay (related)
A deterioration of condition.
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disease (related)
A particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment
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Find another word for necrosis. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for necrosis, like: corruption, putrefaction, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus, parenchymal, epidermal, avascular, demyelination, neutrophilic and chronic-inflammation.
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Necrosis Sentence Examples

  • Thus workers in lead suffer from the effects of this substance as a poison, those who work in phosphorus are liable to necrosis of bone and fatty degeneration of the blood vessels and organs, and the many occupations in which dust is inhaled (coalmining, stone-dressing, steel-polishing, &c.; fig.

  • For the chronic form of industrial poisoning in the manufacture of lucifer matches - a form of necrosis, known in England as " phossy jaw " and in France as " mal chimique," a localized inflammatory infection of the periosteum, ending with the death and exfoliation of part of the bone - see Match.

  • The usual necrosis of the injured cortex occursdrying up, shrivelling, and consequent stretching and cracking of the dead cortex on the wood beneath.

  • Such frost-cracks, sun-cracks, &c., may then be slowly healed over by callus, but if the conditions for necrosis recur the crack may be again opened, or if Fungi, &c., interfere with occlusion, the healing is prevented; in such cases the local necrosis may give rise to cankers.

  • The disease organisms then cause the death (necrosis) of bowel tissue or gangrene of the bowel.

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