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English 1 sense of the word apoptosis:
NOUNphenomenonapoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell deatha type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself
Englishapoptosis: 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.
Synonymsprogrammed cell death, 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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