programmed cell death

Questions about programmed cell death

What is another word for programmed cell death?

It depends which programmed cell death you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of programmed cell death?

WordNet records no antonym for programmed cell death. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for programmed cell death come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of programmed cell death

• Full entry for programmed cell deathAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for programmed cell deathWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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