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MeSH Heading: Necrosis
Tree Number(s): C23.550.717
Unique ID: D009336
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009336
Annotation: IM for general or for necrotic process; necrosis in an organ or tissue = organ or tissue /‌pathol + NECROSIS (NIM); note specific necrosis terms; radionecrosis = RADIATION INJURIES /‌pathol + organ /‌pathol + NECROSIS (NIM)
Scope Note: The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
See Also: Apoptosis; Pyroptosis; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Necrosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025