Necrobiosis

‖Nec′ro‐bi‐o″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. νεκρόσ dead + � way of life, fr. � life.] (Biol. & Med.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy. Virchow.