caspase-mediated cell death

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   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

   Synonymsapoptosisprogrammed cell death

   Broadernecrobiosis

Questions about caspase-mediated cell death

What does caspase-mediated cell death mean?

caspase-mediated cell death means "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".

What is another word for caspase-mediated cell death?

Close synonyms include apoptosis, programmed cell death. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.