necrosis
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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. See Caries.
A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.
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Amico Bignami in a report wrote that the wounds were caused by " neurotic necrosis ".
Aortic root dilatation is thought to be due to a mesenchymal defect as pathological evidence of cystic medial necrosis has been found by several studies.
Antigen presentation and production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–alpha by the local tissue dendrocytes results in the recruitment and augmentation of T-lymphocyte proliferation and enhances the cytotoxicity of the other immune effector cells.
Bilateral hydronephrosis and renal papillary necrosis have also been reported in some cases.
Cellular changes The nucleus changes in necrosis, and characteristics of this change are determined by manner in which its DNA breaks down: * Karyolysis: the chromatin of the nucleus fades due to the loss of the DNA by degradation.
Commonly, non-medical removal of the clitoris is performed during female genital mutilation (FGM). citation Medical uses Malignancies A clitoridectomy is often done to remove malignancy or necrosis of the clitoris.