apoptosis
nounHow many syllables in apoptosis?
There are 4 syllables in the word apoptosis.How to pronounce apoptosis:
Definition of apoptosis:
- apoptosis (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.
- a genetically directed process of cell self-destruction that is marked by the fragmentation of nuclear dna, is activated either by the presence of a stimulus or removal of a suppressing agent or stimulus, is a normal physiological process eliminating dna-damaged, superfluous, or unwanted cells, and when halted (as by gene mutation) may result in uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation
Synonyms for apoptosis:
caspase-mediated cell death
cell death
programmed cell death
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