necro-, necr-, necron-, -necrosis, nekro- +
(Greek: dead, death, dead body; dead tissue or cells; corpse)
meronecrosis
1. The partial death of cells in a tissue or organ caused by disease or injury.
2. Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease, especially in a localized area, or part, of the body.
2. Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease, especially in a localized area, or part, of the body.
myonecrosis
Necrosis of muscle tissue.
necrectomy
Excision of necrotic (dead) tissue.
necremia, necraemia
A situation in which the vital elements of the blood are dead.
necrencephalus
Encephalomalacia or softening of the brain.
necrobacillosis
Any of several diseased conditions in domestic animals; especially, hogs, cattle, horses, rabbits, and sheep; causing tissue death of various kinds, diphtheria with abscesses, and gangrenous dermatitis.
necrobiosis
1. The degeneration and death of the body’s cells from natural processes.
2. Physiologic or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. A state of degeneration of a part or tissue in which some portions are alive and others are dead.
2. Physiologic or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. A state of degeneration of a part or tissue in which some portions are alive and others are dead.
necrobiotic
1. A reference to the process of decay or death in tissues of the body; the gradual degeneration and death of a part through suspended or imperfect nutrition; an instance of this.
2. Characterized by the physiological or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. Relating to the gradual degeneration and death of a part as a result of malnutrition; necrosis.
2. Characterized by the physiological or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. Relating to the gradual degeneration and death of a part as a result of malnutrition; necrosis.
necrocoenosis
An assemblage of dead organisms.
necrocoleopterophilous (adjective) (not comparable)
Regarding the process of pollination by carrion beetles: The necrocoleopterophilous method of fertilization causes skunk cabbage to have a very nasty or displeasing odor.
necrocytosis
A process that results in, or a condition that is characterized by, the abnormal or pathological death of cells.
necrocytotoxin
A toxin that causes the death of cells.
necrodermatitis
An inflammation of the skin that accompanies necrosis.
necroectomy
The excision (cutting out) of dead tissue.
necroentomophilous (adjective) (not comparable)
In biology, a reference to fertilization by carrion beetles: A necroentomophilous condition can take place when a carrion beetle crawls into a Sumatran corpse flower, which has a very foul smell, and without intending to, carry the pollen from its spadix to other plants of the species on their journey to find more food.
