noun
pancreatic necrosis
Medical term for death of pancreatic tissue, often due to acute pancreatitis.
重症急性膵炎では膵臓壊死が起こることがある。
In severe acute pancreatitis, pancreatic necrosis can occur.
膵炎 is pancreatitis (inflammation), while 膵臓壊死 is the death of pancreatic tissue, a possible complication.
Compound of 膵臓 (pancreas) and 壊死 (necrosis). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical meaning.