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necrobiosis

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nec=ro=bi=o=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

necrobiosisn. [NL., fr. Gr. nekro`s dead + way of life, fr. life.].
     The death of a part of an organism by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy; a normal dying out of cells in a tissue, in contrast to necrosis.  Virchow.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

necrobiosis, n. decay in the tissues of the body, esp. swelling of the collagen bundles in the dermis.

Derivative
necrobiotic adj.

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