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necrosis

[nuh-kroh-sis, ne-] / nəˈkroʊ sɪs, nɛ- /
NOUN
death
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decease demise dying expiration loss of life passing
STRONG
cessation curtains end euthanasia extermination extinction finis finish oblivion quietus release repose termination
WEAK
afterlife dissolution eternal rest eternal sleep final rest final sleep grave grim reaper heaven mort mortality paradise passing over silence tomb
Antonyms
STRONGEST
beginning birth nativity
STRONG
creation existence genesis life origination start
WEAK
being
NOUN
fatality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accident casualty disaster mortality
STRONG
deadliness destructiveness dying inevitability lethality noxiousness virulence
WEAK
lethalness poisonousness
Antonyms
WEAK
birth
NOUN
lethality
Synonyms
STRONG
accident casualty deadliness destructiveness disaster dying inevitability mortality noxiousness virulence
WEAK
lethalness poisonousness

Example Sentences

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It primarily triggers necrosis, a form of cell death previously associated with molecules from other scorpion species.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Doctors said the pressure of the magnets had caused necrosis -- tissue death -- in four areas of the boy's small bowel and caecum, which is part of the large intestine.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The opposite occurred, though, with necrosis setting in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

"You see what we call necrosis, losing tissue, until you get a bare skeleton. And their mortality is very rapid; the entire process takes about 48 hours."

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

Pyrogen is released from leukocytes, adding fever to.hemorrhage, necrosis, and shock.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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