programmed cell death English

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programmed cell death

— noun (= 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

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apoptosis

caspase-mediated cell death