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necrosis
1. The death of cells in a tissue or organ caused by disease or injury.
2. Death, or mortification; especially, of a bodily tissue, as a result of the loss of blood supply, corrosion, burning, etc.
2. Death, or mortification; especially, of a bodily tissue, as a result of the loss of blood supply, corrosion, burning, etc.
The causes of necrosis include insufficient blood supply, but also, other physical agents; such as, trauma, or radiant energy (electricity, infrared, ultraviolet, roentgen, and radium rays); chemical agents acting locally, acting internally following absorption, or placed into the wrong tissue; such as, some medicines cause necrosis if injected into the tissues rather than the vein, and iron dextran (injectable form of iron used in the prevention of iron deficiency) causes necrosis if injected into areas other than the deep muscle or vein.
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“necrosis”
(Greek: an eating, or gnawing, sore ending in mortification, necrosis, or the death of bodily tissue; usually the result of ischemia or the loss of blood supply to the affected area, bacterial invasion, and subsequent putrefaction)
(Greek: dead, death, dead body; dead tissue or cells; corpse)
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“necrosis”
Death of tissues caused by disturbed blood circulation in a body part.
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-osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se
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Dead bone tissue because of an impaired or disrupted blood supply: One kind of avascular necrosis is that which is caused by a traumatic injury or disease and it is marked by severe pain in the affected region and by weakened bone (osteonecrosis) that may flatten and collapse.
phosphorusnecrosis, phosphorus necrosis
In toxicology, ulceration, tissue death, and bone damage in the jaw of an individual who is chronically exposed to yellow (toxic) phosphorus.
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phospho-, phosph-, phosphoro-, phosphor- +
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