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Necrobiotic

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nec·ro·bi·o·sis  (nkr-b-ss)
n.
The natural death of cells or tissues through aging, as distinguished from necrosis or pathological death.

necro·bi·otic (-tk) adj.


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It is characterized by necrobiotic changes in the dermis that extend down to the perichondrium; associated alterations are seen in the cartilaginous plate.
69) Colloidal iron or Alcian blue stains may reveal mucin in the central necrobiotic foci of granuloma annulare, (70) but in our experience that finding is not typical of ES.
Evans CS, Goldman RL, Klein HZ, et al: Necrobiotic granulomas of the uterine cervix.
 
 
 
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