| necrolysis | <pathology> Separation or exfoliation of tissue due to necrosis. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (18 Nov 1997) |
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| 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) |
| necrophilia | Necrophilism 1. A morbid fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies. 2. The impulse to have sexual contact, or the act of such contact, with a dead body, usually of males with female corpses. Origin: necro-+ G. Phileo, to love (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrophilous | Having a preference for dead tissue; denoting certain bacteria. Synonym: necrophagous. Origin: necro-+ G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |