HyperDic: programmed_cell_death

English > 1 sense of the expression programmed cell death:
NOUNphenomenonprogrammed cell death, apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell deatha type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself
English > programmed cell death: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsapoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death
Broadernecrobiosis, cell death(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Spanishapoptosis
Catalanapoptosi

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