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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

programmed cell death n 1: 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 [syn: apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death]