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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 necrosis
Familiarity information: NECROSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they necrose ... he / she / it necroses
Past simple: necrosed
Past participle: necrosed
-ing form: necrosing
... he / she / it necroses Past simple: necrosed
Past participle: necrosed
-ing form: necrosing
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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