thanatosis

 

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From New Latin; by surface analysis, thanato- +‎ -osis.

thanatosis (usually uncountable, plural thanatoses)

1. (zoology) The act of feigning death.

   Synonym: apparent death

2. The death of part of an organism.

   Synonym: necrosis

   Hyponym: gangrene

• thanatopsis
• thanatotic (adj)

• (act of feigning death): deathliness