necrose

See also: nécrose and nécrosé

English

Verb

necrose (third-person singular simple present necroses, present participle necrosing, simple past and past participle necrosed)

1. (intransitive, pathology) To become necrotic.

Anagrams

• Cerones, Creones, encores, necroes, scornee

Dutch

Alternative forms

• nekrose

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin necrōsis, from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌneːˈkroː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: ne‧cro‧se
• Rhymes: -oːzə

Noun

necrose f (plural necroses, diminutive necrosetje n)

1. necrosis, localized death of cells or living tissue

Synonyms

• afsterven n, afsterving

Derived terms

• necrotisch

Interlingua

Noun

necrose (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of necrosis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈkɾɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈkɾɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈkɾɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈkɾɔ.zɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɔzi

Etymology 1

Noun

necrose f (plural necroses)

1. (pathology) necrosis (localised death of cells or tissue)

Related terms

• necrosar
• necrótico

Etymology 2

Verb

necrose

1. inflection of necrosar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative