cell death
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1. (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) (noun.phenomenon)
hypernym | : | death, |
definition | : | the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon) |
hyponym | : | apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.phenomenon) |
domain category | : | physiology, |
definition | : | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition) |
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