necrobiosis (redirected from necrobiotic)

necrobiosis /nec·ro·bi·o·sis/ (-bi-o´sis) swelling, basophilia, and distortion of collagen bundles in the dermis, sometimes with obliteration of normal structure, but short of actual necrosis.necrobiot´ic

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nec·ro·bi·o·sis (nkr-b-ss)

n.

1. Physiological or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.

2. Necrosis of a small area of tissue. Also called bionecrosis.

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necro·bi·otic (-tk) adj.

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necrobiosis

the physiological death of individual effete cells in any tissue; a normal mechanism in the constant turnover of many cell populations.