programmed cell death

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) another name for apoptosis

programmed cell death (pr

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See apoptosis.

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programmed cell death - 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

apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death

cell death, necrobiosis - (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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