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necrosis
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[ noun ] (biology) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)In_addition , other sections contained focal areas of recent myocardial necrosis that were infiltrated with neutrophils . Microscopic studies of the gastrocnemius , pectoralis_major , transversus_abdominis , biceps_brachii , and diaphragm showed atrophy as_well_as varying degrees of injury ranging from swelling and vacuolization to focal necrosis of the muscle_fibers . The necrosis often involved only a portion of the length of a given fiber , and usually the immediately adjacent fibers were normal . Related terms |
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