HyperDic English CASP ... caspase-mediated cell death

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English 1 sense of the expression *caspase-mediated cell death*:
NOUN	phenomenon	caspase-mediated cell death, apoptosis, programmed cell death	a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself

Englishcaspase-mediated cell death: 1 sense noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	apoptosis, programmed cell death
Broader	necrobiosis, cell death	(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Spanish	apoptosis
Catalan	apoptosi

HyperDicEnglishCASP ... caspase-mediated cell death