Definition of Necrosis. Meaning of Necrosis. Synonyms of Necrosis

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Definition of Necrosis

Necrosis
Necrosis Ne*cro"sis, n. [NL., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to make dead, to mortify, ? a dead body.] 1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.

Meaning of Necrosis from wikipedia

- beneficial effects to the organism, necrosis is almost always detrimental and can be fatal. Cellular death due to necrosis does not follow the apoptotic signal...
- total avascular necrosis of right humeral head. Woman of 81 years with diabetes of long evolution. Radiography of avascular necrosis of left femoral head...
- Fat necrosis is necrosis affecting fat tissue (adipose tissue). The term is well-established in medical terminology despite not denoting a specific pattern...
- Liquefactive necrosis (or colliquative necrosis) is a type of necrosis which results in a transformation of the tissue into a liquid viscous m****. Often...
- Look up necrosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Necrosis is a form of cell injury that results in the premature death of cells in living tissue....
- are inert. When TNF binds to its receptors, tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1) and tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2), a pathway of signals...
- coagulative necrosis that is caused by lack of blood supply leading to ischemia and death of the tissue. Wet Gangrene: A type of liquefactive necrosis where...
- pancreatic necrosis) is characterized by acute inflammation and necrosis of pancreas parenchyma, focal enzymic necrosis of pancreatic fat and vessel necrosis (hemorrhage)...
- papillary necrosis is a form of nephropathy involving the necrosis of the renal papilla. Lesions that characterize renal papillary necrosis come from...
- Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is a condition in which skin and subcutaneous tissue necrosis (tissue death) occurs due to acquired protein C deficiency...