necro
Prefix meaning dead
Necro is a combining form meaning dead or death, from the Greek for corpse.
It appears in compounds: necromancy (communication with the dead), necropolis (cemetery), necrosis (tissue death), necrophilia (sexual attraction to corpses).
In gaming and fantasy contexts, a necro or necromancer is a character class that manipulates death magic: I'm playing a necro this campaign.
Facility housing corpses
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- cadaverBody for dissection
- corpseDeceased human body
- deceasedNo longer living
funeral · embalm · coffin · cremation · grave · cemetery · mausoleum · tombstone
Ritual to contact spirits
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- reanimationRestoration of life
ritual · sorcery · dark magic · spiritualism · medium · specter · wraith · revenant
Of dying tissue
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- tissue deathCells ceasing to function
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
infection · sepsis · decay · atrophy · lesion · mortification · devitalization · cell death
Underground cemetery passages
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
- tombsChambers for the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
pharaoh · underworld · afterlife · death cult · funerary · sepulcher
mortuary
Facility housing corpses
deceased · funeral · embalm · coffin · cremation · grave · cemetery · mausoleum · tombstone · epitaph
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
reanimation · ritual · sorcery · dark magic · spiritualism · medium · specter · wraith · revenant · zombie
necrotic
Of dying tissue
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- tissue deathCells ceasing to function
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
biopsy · infection · sepsis · decay · atrophy · lesion · mortification · devitalization · cell death · infarction
catacombs
Underground cemetery passages
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
- tombsChambers for the dead
burial · pharaoh · underworld · afterlife · death cult · funerary · sepulcher
- online forumsforums, forum, message board, message boards, discussion board
- internet conventionsemoji, hashtag, meme, GIF, viral
- deathlydead, deadly, deathly, deceased, dying
- coagulative necrosisCell death preserving structure
- caseous necrosisCheese-textured tissue destruction
- ancient necropolisOld city of tombs