Necrotic (redirected from necrotic cervicovaginitis)

ne·cro·sis  (n-krss, n-)

n. pl. ne·cro·ses (-sz)

Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease, especially in a localized area of the body.

---

[Late Latin necrsis, a causing to die, killing, from Greek nekrsis, death, from nekroun, to make dead, from nekros, corpse; see nek-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

---

ne·crotic (-krtk) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

necrotic - relating to or affected by necrosis; "necrotic tissue"