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 ne·cro·sis /nəˈkrosəs, nɛ-/
 壞疽,脫疽,骨疽

 ne·cro·sis /nəˈkrosəs, nɛ-/ 名詞
 壞死

 Ne·cro·sis n.
 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.
 2. Bot. A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.
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 necrosis
      n : the localized death of living cells (as from infection or
          the interruption of blood supply) [syn: mortification,
          gangrene, sphacelus]