APOPTOSIS

apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

apoptosis (countable and uncountable, plural apoptoses)

(biology, cytology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury. [from 20th c.]

Hypernyms

• programmed cell death

Coordinate terms

• autophagy

Source: Wiktionary

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