Necrosis — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nɛkɹˈoʊsɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/nɛkɹˈəʊsɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nɛkɹˈəʊsɪs/

3 syllables Say it as /nɛkɹˈoʊsɪs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mortification sphacelus gangrene

Word Forms

necrotic	adjective	relating to or affected by necrosis
mortify	verb	undergo necrosis
gangrenous	adjective	suffering from tissue death
sphacelate	verb	undergo necrosis

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nekrose

der örtliche Tod lebender Zellen (z. B. durch Infektion oder Unterbrechung der Blutversorgung)

🇫🇷French

nécrose

la mort localisée de cellules vivantes (comme par suite d'une infection ou d'une interruption de l'approvisionnement en sang)

🇮🇹Italian

necrosi

la morte localizzata di cellule viventi (a causa di infezioni o interruzione dell'afflusso di sangue)

🇳🇱Dutch

necrose

de plaatselijke dood van levende cellen (vanaf infectie of onderbreking van de bloedtoevoer)

🇵🇹Portuguese

necrose

a morte localizada de células vivas (como por infecção ou interrupção do suprimento de sangue)

🇷🇺Russian

некроз

локализованная гибель живых клеток (например, в результате инфекции или нарушения кровоснабжения)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गल जाना

जीवित कोशिकाओं की स्थानीयकृत मृत्यु (जैसे संक्रमण या रक्त आपूर्ति में रुकावट से)

🇧🇩Bengali

নেক্রোসিস

জীবিত কোষের স্থানীয় মৃত্যু (যেমন সংক্রমণ বা রক্ত সরবরাহে বাধা)

🇮🇳Tamil

நசிவு

உயிரணுக்களின் உள்ளூர் இறப்பு (தொற்று அல்லது இரத்த விநியோகத்தின் குறுக்கீடு போன்றவை)

🇮🇳Telugu

నెక్రోసిస్

జీవ కణాల స్థానిక మరణం (ఇన్ఫెక్షన్ లేదా రక్త సరఫరా అంతరాయం కారణంగా)

🇮🇳Marathi

नेक्रोसिस

जिवंत पेशींचा स्थानिक मृत्यू (संसर्गामुळे किंवा रक्तपुरवठा खंडित झाल्यामुळे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

નેક્રોસિસ

જીવંત કોષોનું સ્થાનિક મૃત્યુ (જેમ કે ચેપ અથવા રક્ત પુરવઠામાં વિક્ષેપ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೆಕ್ರೋಸಿಸ್

ಜೀವಂತ ಜೀವಕೋಶಗಳ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಸಾವು (ಸೋಂಕಿನಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ರಕ್ತ ಪೂರೈಕೆಯ ಅಡಚಣೆಯಿಂದ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

坏死

活细胞的局部死亡（如感染或血液供应中断）

🇯🇵Japanese

壊死

生細胞の局所的な死（感染または血液供給の中断などによる）

🇰🇷Korean

회저

살아있는 세포의 국지적 사멸(감염이나 혈액 공급 중단으로 인해)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hoại tử

cái chết cục bộ của các tế bào sống (do nhiễm trùng hoặc gián đoạn cung cấp máu)

🇹🇭Thai

เนื้อร้าย

การตายของเซลล์ที่มีชีวิตเฉพาะที่ (เช่น จากการติดเชื้อหรือการหยุดชะงักของการจัดหาเลือด)

🇮🇩Indonesian

nekrosis

kematian sel hidup yang terlokalisasi (seperti akibat infeksi atau gangguan suplai darah)

🇵🇭Filipino

nekrosis

ang naisalokal na pagkamatay ng mga buhay na selula (bilang mula sa impeksyon o pagkagambala ng suplay ng dugo)

🇲🇾Malay

nekrosis

kematian setempat sel hidup (seperti daripada jangkitan atau gangguan bekalan darah)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نخر

الموت الموضعي للخلايا الحية (كما هو الحال بسبب العدوى أو انقطاع إمدادات الدم)

🇮🇷Persian

نکروز

مرگ موضعی سلول های زنده (از جمله عفونت یا قطع خون رسانی)

🇹🇷Turkish

nekroz

canlı hücrelerin lokalize ölümü (enfeksiyon veya kan akışının kesilmesi gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֶמֶק

מוות מקומי של תאים חיים (כמו זיהום או הפרעה באספקת הדם)

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