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NECROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does necrose mean? 

NECROSE (verb)
  The verb NECROSE has 1 sense:

1. undergo necrosisplay

  Familiarity information: NECROSE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NECROSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they necrose  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it necroses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: necrosed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: necrosed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: necrosing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo necrosis

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gangrene; mortify; necrose; sphacelate

Context example:

the tissue around the wound necrosed

Hypernyms (to "necrose" is one way to...):

rot; waste (become physically weaker)

Sentence frame:

Somebody's (body part) ----s


 Context examples 


True cribriforming, budding off of small clusters of epithelial cells into the lumen and luminal necroses.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-3, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)



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