Necrosis and loosening or dissolution of cells or tissue; (Medicine) (in full "toxic epidermal necrolysis") a syndrome characterized by extensive necrosis of the epidermis with blister formation and peeling that resembles scalding, typically occurring as an adverse reaction to a drug.
Origin
1950s.
Definition of necrolysis in US English:
necrolysis
noun
Necrosis and loosening or dissolution of cells or tissue; (Medicine) (in full "toxic epidermal necrolysis") a syndrome characterized by extensive necrosis of the epidermis with blister formation and peeling that resembles scalding, typically occurring as an adverse reaction to a drug.