programmed cell death - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Synonyms

• apoptosis
• caspase-mediated cell death
• programmed cell death

More generic

• cell death
• necrobiosis

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