Definition of apoptosis

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Definition of 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. caspase-mediated cell death
    2. programmed cell death

See definition of apoptosis in Merriam Webster