Necrobiosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The normal death of cells or tissues because of age-related changes. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bionecrosisbionecrosiscell death

Etymology

From necro- + -biosis.

Related phrases

necrobiosis lipoidica

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