| a combining form meaning “the dead,” “corpse,” “dead tissue,” used in the formation of compound words: necrology. |

| necro- or necr- pref.
[Greek nekro-, from nekros, corpse; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
necro- or necr-
pref.
Dead body; corpse: necrophilia.
Death: necrobiosis.