| NOM | phenomenon | apoptosi | a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself |
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| Sentit | 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. | |
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| General | necrobiosi, necrobiosis | (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) |
| Anglès | apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death | |
| Espanyol | apoptosis | |
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