Necrosis

n. gangrene, tissue death, mortification

Necrosis (in Greek Νεκρός = Dead) is the name given to accidental death of cells and living tissue. Necrosis is less orderly than apoptosis, which is part of programmed cell death. In contrast apoptosis, cleanup of cell debris by phagocytes of the immune system is generally more difficult, as the disorderly death generally does not send cell signals which tell nearby phagocytes to engulf the dying cell. This lack of signalling makes it harder for the immune system  to locate and recycle dead cells which have died through necrosis than if the cell had undergone apoptosis. The release of intracellular content after cellular membrane damage is the cause of inflammation in necrosis.
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Necrosis /ne·cro·sis/ pl. necro´ses [Gr.] the morphological changes indicative of cell death caused by progressive enzymatic degradation; it may [more]Necrosis - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
(synonym) mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
(hypernym) death
(hyponym) myonecrosis

n. necrosis, gangrene, tissue death