pyronecrosis

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ necrosis.

Noun

pyronecrosis (uncountable)

1. A variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase.
   • 2008 September 13, Antero Salminen et al., “Amyloid-β oligomers set fire to inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine‎^[1], volume 12, →DOI:

     Pyroptosis and pyronecrosis differ from each other, e.g. by activating factors and the dependence of caspase-1 [ 34 ].