programmed cell death
noun1
Biology, Natural sciences The regulated death of a cell, mediated by an intracellular program.
- Related terms
- apoptosis, paraptosis
- Hyponyms
- alkaliptosis, anoikis, apoptosis, cuproptosis, disulfidptosis, ferroptosis, necroptosis, oxeiptosis, PANoptosis, paraptosis, parthanatos, pyroptosis