combining form
or necro-
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek nekr-, nekro-, from nekros dead body, dead person — more at noxious
1.
a. : those that are dead : the dead : corpses
necro philism
b. : one that is dead : corpse
necr opsy
2. : death
necro biosis
: conversion to dead tissue : atrophy
necr osis
3. : extinct : fossil
necro type