different between necrosis vs necrophilia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (nékr?sis).

Noun

necrosis (plural necroses)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• necrobiosis

Translations

Anagrams

• Cisneros, Ericsson, sensoric

Interlingua

Alternative forms

• necrose

Noun

necrosis (uncountable)

1. necrosis

Spanish

Noun

necrosis f (plural necrosis)

1. necrosis

English

Etymology

necro- +? -philia

From necro- (Ancient Greek ?????? (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek ????? (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?k??(?)?f?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?k?o??f?li.?/, /n?k?o??f?lj?/
• Rhymes: -?li?

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
2. (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.

Synonyms

• necrophilism
• necrophily

Antonyms

• necrophobia

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• arenophilic

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?p?i.li.a/, [n?k???p??liä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?fi.li.a/, [n?k???fi?li?]

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

1. (rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.