HyperDic: apoptosis

Español > 1 sentido de la palabra apoptosis:
NOMBREphenomenonapoptosisa type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself
Español > apoptosis: 1 sentido > nombre 1, phenomenon
SentidoA 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.
Generalnecrobiosis(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Inglésapoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death
Catalánapoptosi

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