Definition of Apoptosis

Noun

  • 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
    - programmed cell death - caspase mediated cell death
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203 unscramble word found using the letters apoptosis.
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