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necro-

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necro- or necr-
pref.
1. Dead body; corpse: necrophilia.
2. Death: necrobiosis.

[Greek nekro-, from nekros, corpse; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.]

necro- before a vowel, necr-
combining form
indicating death, a dead body, or dead tissue necrology necrophagous necrosis
[from Greek nekros corpse]


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But it never occurred to one of them to reflect that if I was such a wonderful necro- mancer as I was pretending to be, I ought not to need salves or instructions, or charms against enchantments, and, least of all, arms and armor, on a foray of any kind -- even against fire-spouting dragons, and devils hot from perdition, let alone such poor adversaries as these I was after, these commonplace ogres of the back settlements.
 
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