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caspase-mediated cell death |
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Noun caspase-mediated cell death has 1 sense
- apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death - 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
--1 is a kind of necrobiosis, cell death
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