programmed cell death

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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
• Syn:
apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death
• Hypernyms:
necrobiosis, cell death