An occupational disease once common in phosphorus match workers.

plural of necrosis

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necrose

A necropsy.

(intransitive, pathology) To become necrotic.

present participle of necrose

simple past tense and past participle of necrose

(medicine, biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells.

(pathology) A disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones, causing bone tissue death and bone collapse.

plural of avascular necrosis