Diseases

Necrosis

The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.

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Abstract

The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for general or for necrotic process; necrosis in an organ or tissue = organ or tissue /pathol + NECROSIS (NIM); note specific necrosis terms; radionecrosis = RADIATION INJURIES /pathol + organ /pathol + NECROSIS (NIM)

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  1. C23.550.717w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Necrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009336. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009336
  2. Necrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrosis
  3. Necrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178069