Word: necroptosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
crop
to
sis
Definition: A programmed form of necrosis; the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Morphemes:
Affix: necrosis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νεκρόω
Language: grc
Decoded: nekroo
Meaning: to make dead, to be dead; to mortify
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: apoptosis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀπό
Language: grc
Decoded: apo
Meaning: away from
Affix: πῑ́πτω
Language: grc
Decoded: pipto
Meaning: I fall
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process