caries
dry rot
gangraina
gangrene
gnawing
sepsis
septic, septicemia
putrefaction
sapros
saprophyte
putrid
necro-
necrosis, necropsy
dead
sequestrum
to put aside
zoe
azotemia
life
apoptosis
falling off
morto-
mortality
death
tapho-
taphophilia, taphophobia
grave
tabes
diabetic tabes
wasting
cadaver
dead body