apoptosis.

A controlled cellular process that dismantles and removes a cell as part of development, maintenance, or a response to damage.

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Words that belong together

• programmed apoptosis
• apoptosis pathway

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The treatment triggered apoptosis in the damaged cells.

The biologist found that apoptosis had stopped in the expanding tissue.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.