necrotic
adj.
gangrenous; of gangrene
Necrosis
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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Necrotic
necrotic
Adjective
1. relating to or affected by necrosis; "necrotic tissue"
(pertainym) necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
Necrotic
(a.)
Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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