necrobiosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
    cell death.

WordNet

Nec`ro*bi*o"sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. dead + way of life, fr. life.
Definitions
  1. (Biol. & Med.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy. a normal dying out of cells in a tissue, contrast to necrosis Virchow.

Webster 1913