Necros

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Characterizing a state relating to death or the dead; being connected to the concept of decay or decomposition; describing phenomena associated with necrosis or tissue death in biological contexts
2. Pertaining to aspects of mortality or lifelessness; involving the deterioration of bodily tissues or the conditions linked to dying; associated with the study of corpses and their remains
3. Describing elements that pertain to death and dying; relating to the process of necrosis in medical terms; indicating themes that revolve around the dead or the aftermath of death

Etymology: "Necros" is the third-person singular present form of "necro," so the noun is a clipped form that has taken an "-s" in the way a verb would. "Necro" itself is a clipping of "necromancy," "necromancer," and "necropost," all of which share the Greek stem "nekro-," from "nekros," meaning "corpse" or "dead body." That old sense of death is the thread running through the family, from raising the dead in magic to the dead tissue the noun now names.