programmed cell death

Noun

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

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Synonyms

apoptosis caspase-mediated cell death cell death cellular death cell suicide cellular apoptosis cellular self-destruction cell termination cellular self-annihilation cellular demise cell demise cell destruction cellular decease cellular elimination cell elimination

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Hypernyms

necrobiosis cell death

Close letter words and terms

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