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[NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; a dead
body, adj., dead + &?; city.] A city of the dead; a name given
by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern
burial places; a graveyard.

Nec"rop*sy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a dead body
+ &?; sight: cf. F. nécropsie.] (Med.) A
post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See
Autopsy.

{ Nec`ro*scop"ic (?), Nec`ro*scop"ic*al (?) },
a. [Gr. &?; a dead body + -scope.] Or
or relating to post-mortem examinations.

Ne*crose" (?), v. t. & i. (Med.)
To affect with necrosis; to undergo necrosis.
Quain.

Ne*crosed" (?), a. (Med.)
Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone.
Dunglison.

||Ne*cro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;,
fr. &?; to make dead, to mortify, &?; a dead body.]
1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of
bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed
to its death by molecular disintegration.

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