necrosis
/nɛˈkɹoʊ.sɪs/noun
necrosis is spelled N-E-C-R-O-S-I-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, necrosis means “The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of necrosis is necroses.
How many letters and syllables are in necrosis?
| Letters | 8: N-E-C-R-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is necrosis?
Necrosis appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce necrosis?
- UK /nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/
- US /nɛˈkɹoʊ.sɪs/
Necrosis has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-necrosis.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-necrosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with necrosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as necrosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
- neurosis
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of necrosis
- necroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does necrosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
Usually gangrene will follow necrosis unless the dead tissue is resected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Necrosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense localized death of cells or tissue:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does necrosis come from?
From Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis), equivalent to necro- + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).