- apoptosis as a noun:
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apoptosis
noun
1 apoptosis
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: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death.
Dutch: apoptose
Polish: apoptoza
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