necrose
Portuguese, noun/neˈkɾɔ.zi/
necrose is spelled N-E-C-R-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Necrose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “necrosis (localised death of cells or tissue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of necrosar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “morte de parte (tecido, órgão) de organismo vivo; gangrena”.
What does necrose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenecrosis (localised death of cells or tissue)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. morte de parte (tecido, órgão) de organismo vivo; gangrena
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of necrose
- necroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce necrose?
- Brazil /neˈkɾɔ.zi/
- Portugal /nɨˈkɾɔ.zɨ/
- Portugal /nɨ.ˈkɾɔ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to necrose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is necrose in Portuguese?
necrose appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).