| apoptosis | (n) 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. programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death |
| プログラム細胞死 | [プログラムさいぼうし, puroguramu saiboushi] (n) (See アポトーシス) programmed cell death [Add to Longdo] |