Necrolysis

//nɛˈkɹɔlɪsɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The disintegration and exfoliation of necrotic tissue. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue wordnet

Etymology

From necro- + -lysis.

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