| necrologist | A student of, or a specialist in, necrology. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| necrology | Origin: Gr. A dead person: cf. F. Necrologie. See Necromancy. <study> An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necrolysis | <pathology> Separation or exfoliation of tissue due to necrosis. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (18 Nov 1997) |
| necrolytic migratory erythema | An erythematous, scaling, and sometimes bullous and erosive dermatitis occurring irregularly in plaques chiefly on the lower trunk, buttocks, perineum, and thighs; associated with weight loss, anaemia, stomatitis, and elevation of plasma glucagon in islet cell tumour (glucagonoma) of the pancreas. See: glucagonoma syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necromancer | One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necromancy | The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art. "This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placed there." (Drayton) Origin: OE. Nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. Nigromance, F. Necromance, necromancie, from L. Necromantia, Gr.; a dead body (akin to L. Necare to kill, Skr. Na to perish, vanish) + divination, fr. Diviner, seer, akin to E. Mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. Niger black. Hence the name black art. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necromania | <psychiatry> A morbid tendency to dwell with longing on death, or a morbid attraction to dead bodies. Origin: necro-+ G. Mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |
| necromantic | Conjuration. See: necromantical. (14 Mar 2000) |
| necromantical | Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necrometer | An instrument for measuring a dead body or any of its parts or organs. Origin: necro-+ G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| necronite | <chemical> Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odour. Origin: Gr. A dead body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necroparasite | <microbiology> An organism whose nutrition involves uptake of dissolved organic material from decaying plant or animal matter. Origin: Gr. Phyton = plant (18 Nov 1997) |
| necropathy | A tendency to tissue death or gangrene. Origin: necro-+ G. Pathos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrophagan | <zoology> Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle. See: Necrophagous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necrophagous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. Origin: Gr. Eating corpses; a dead body + to eat: cf. F. Necrophage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necromania |
necrophilia: an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
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| necrophilia |
an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
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| necrobiosis lipoidica |
skin disease marked by thin shiny patches (especially on the legs); often associated with diabetes mellitus
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| necropsy |
autopsy: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
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| necrose |
undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
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| necr | feeding on corpses or carrion |
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| necr | feeding on corpses or carrion |
| necr | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
| necr | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
| necr | a tract of land used for burials |
| necr | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
| necr | undergo necrosis |
| necr | the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) |
| necr | relating to or affected by necrosis |
| necr | enteritis characterized by bloody diarrhea and severe abdominal pain |
| necr | an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants |