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Noun: programmed cell death
  1. 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
    - apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death

Derived forms: programmed cell deaths

Type of: cell death, necrobiosis

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