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English noun: apoptosis

1. apoptosis (phenomenon) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival


Synonymscaspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death


Broader (hypernym)cell death, necrobiosis









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