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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Necrosis (0.00892 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Necrosis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: necrosis
necrosis
n : the localized death of living cells (as from infection or
the interruption of blood supply) [syn:
mortification,
gangrene,
sphacelus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Necrosis
Necrosis
\Ne*cro"sis\ (n[-e]*kr[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
ne`krwsis, fr. nekruy^n to make dead, to mortify, nekro`s a
dead body.]
1. (Med.) The pathologic death of part of a tissue due to
irreversible damage. Contrast to
necrobiosis, which is a
normal death of cells in a tissue. Formerly, applied
primarily to death of bone tissue.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Bot.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually
dry up from the bark to the center.
[1913 Webster]
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