necrosis

Death of cells through injury or disease, especially in a localized area of a tissue or organ.

A disease of the grape, attributed to Bacillus vitivorus.

In pathology, the death of a circumscribed piece of tissue.

In botany, a disease of plants, chiefly found upon the leaves and soft parenchymatous parts.

The pathologic death of part of a tissue due to irreversible damage. Contrast to necrobiosis, which is a normal death of cells in a tissue. Formerly, applied primarily to death of bone tissue.

A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)