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NECROLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does necrolysis mean? 

NECROLYSIS (noun)
  The noun NECROLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. disintegration and dissolution of dead tissueplay

  Familiarity information: NECROLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NECROLYSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("necrolysis" is a kind of...):

lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)


 Context examples 


A peeling off or loss of epidermis, as in sunburn, postscarlatinal peeling, or toxic epidermal necrolysis.

(Peeling, NCI Thesaurus)



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