Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for NECROSIS using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Necrosis
7 Letter Words for Necrosis
6 Letter Words for Necrosis
5 Letter Words for Necrosis
4 Letter Words for Necrosis
3 Letter Words for Necrosis
Definitions for Necrosis
[1] death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
[2] the death of one or more cells in the body, usually within a localized area, as from an interruption of the blood supply to that part
[3] death of plant tissue due to disease, frost, etc
Words related to Necrosis
accident, mortality, casualty, disaster, deadliness, virulence, dying, inevitability, destructiveness, ruination, decease, downfall, dissolution, repose, ending, sleep, euthanasia, extinction, end, darkness
Words nearby Necrosis
necrophorous, necropolis, necropsy, necroscopy, necrose, necrosis, necrospermia, necrotic cirrhosis, necrotic enteritis, necrotic inflammation, necrotic pulp
Origin of Necrosis
1655–65; < New Latin < Greek nékrōsis mortification, state of death. See necr(o)-, -osis
Other words from Necrosis
ne·crot·ic [nuh -krot -ik, ne-] /nəˈkrɒt ɪk, nɛ-/ , adjective
post·ne·crot·ic , adjective
ne•crot′ ic (-krŏt′ ĭk ) adj.
necrotic adjective (nə-krŏt′ ĭk )
Word origin for Necrosis
C17: New Latin from Greek nekrōsis , from nekroun to kill, from nekros corpse
Synonyms for Necrosis
accident, casualty, deadliness, destructiveness, disaster, dying, inevitability, mortality, noxiousness, virulence, lethalness, poisonousness