Associations to the word «Necrosis»

Wiktionary

NECROSIS, noun. (pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

Dictionary definition

NECROSIS, noun. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats