'Necrobiosis' definitions:
Definition of 'necrobiosis'
(from WordNet)
noun
(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) [syn: necrobiosis, cell death]
Definition of 'Necrobiosis'
From: GCIDE
- Necrobiosis \Nec`ro*bi*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. nekro`s dead + ? way of life, fr. ? life.] (Biol. & Med.) The death of a part of an organism by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy; a normal dying out of cells in a tissue, in contrast to necrosis. --Virchow. [1913 Webster +PJC]