HyperDic: cell_death

English > 1 sense of the expression cell death:
NOUNphenomenoncell death, necrobiosis(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
English > cell death: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells).
Synonymnecrobiosis
CategoryphysiologyThe branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
Narrowerapoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell deathA type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself
BroaderdeathThe permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
Spanishnecrobiosis
Catalannecrobiosi, necrobiosis

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