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Apoptosis
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Biology, Cytology & Death:
A process of
programmed cell death
by which cells
undergo
an
ordered
sequence
of
events
which
leads
to death
of the cell, as
occurs
during growth and development of the
organism
, as a part of
normal
cell
aging
, or as a
response
to
cellular
injury.
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Origin
apoptosis
English
ἀπόπτωσις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Senescence
Metastasis
Activation
Proteolysis
Inflammation
Methylation
Cytotoxicity
Necroptosis
Tumorigenesis
Phagocytosis
Inactivation
Cytokine
Autophagic
Hypoxia
Vegf
Macrophage
Transcriptional
Fibrosis
Overexpression
Signaling
Proapoptotic
Upregulation
Neurogenesis
Death
Kinase
Inhibition
Mitosis
Ros
Carcinogenesis
Cell Death
Oxidative Stress
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Cell Division
Cell Cycle
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Rhymes
Ptosis
Mitosis
Abiosis
Meiosis
Mycosis
Cytosis
Stenosis
Acidosis
Neurosis
Symbiosis
Alkalosis
Psychosis
Apoptosis
Halitosis
Probiosis
Sclerosis
Thrombosis
Apotheosis
Ochronosis
Exocytosis
Acanthosis
Aerobiosis
Potocytosis
Aponeurosis
Syndesmosis
Pinocytosis
Endocytosis
Tuberculosis
Koilocytosis
Phagocytosis
Osteophytosis
Metamorphosis
Synchondrosis
Acanthocytosis
Hemochromatosis
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