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apoptosis meaning and definition
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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
- synonyms: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death
Source: Princeton University Wordnet