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apoptosis |
Grep of noun apoptosis apoptosis Overview of noun apoptosis The noun apoptosis has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated 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) Overview of noun apoptosis The noun apoptosis has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated 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)