necro-, necr-, necron-, -necrosis, nekro- +
(Greek: dead, death, dead body; dead tissue or cells; corpse)
necrophobe
Someone who has an excessive fear of death or of dead bodies.
necrophobia
An irrational dread of death, dead bodies, or corpses.
necrophobic
A reference to someone who has a morbid fear of death or of dead bodies (corpses).
necrophore
Any of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; also called, burying beetle, carrion beetle, or sexton beetle.
necrophoresis
The transport of dead individuals away from a colony, as with some social insects.
necrophoric behavior
A behavior pattern in which an animal carries around the corpse of a dead animal of the same species.
Necrophorus
A genus of burying beetles.
necrophytophage, necrophytophagy
The consumption of dead plant materials
necrophytophagous
Feeding on dead plant material.
necropneumonia
Gangrene in the lung.
necropolis
1. A cemetery; especially a large, elaborate, or ancient one. Literally, “city of the dead.”
2. A cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
3. A historic or prehistoric burial ground.
necropsy
A visual examination, and dissection of a dead body, to determine the cause of death or any changes that were produced by disease.
necrosadism
Sexual gratification derived by mutilating corpses.
necroscopy
Another term for an autopsy of dead bodies.
necrose
To cause necrosis or to become the site of necrosis.
Related "death, dead; kill" units:
-cide;
lethal-;
mort-;
neci-;
phono-;
thanato-.
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