NOMBRE | phenomenon | apoptosis | a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself |
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Sentido | 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 | necrobiosis | (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) |
Inglés | apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death | |
Catalán | apoptosi |
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