See Also: necro-(medicine)
necro-(dictionary)

necro- (iou)



necro- combining form. Also (occas.) nekro-; before a vowel also necr-.
[from Greek nekros dead person, corpse.]
Used in words adopted from Greek and in English words modelled on these, with the senses 'death', 'dead body', 'dead tissue'.
necrobaci'llosis noun, pl. -lloses , Medicine & Veterinary Medicine any of several bacterial infections in (esp. domestic) animals and occas. in humans, characterized by diffuse or localized necrotic lesions E20.
ne'crophagous adjective feeding on dead bodies or carrion M19.
necro'genic adjective arising from or produced by contact with dead bodies L19.
necrotype noun an extinct form, a fossil L19.