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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
necrosis /nɛˈkrəʊsɪs/

▶noun Medicine the death of most or all of the cells in tissue or an organ due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.

– derivatives
necrotic adjective.

– origin C17: mod. L., from Gk nekrōsis (see necro-, -osis).

'necrosis' also found in these Oxford entries:

blackleg - caseation - mortify - necrotizing - phossy jaw - scorch

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