| 单词 | apoptosis |
| 释义 | apoptosis (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY apoptosis USAGE EXAMPLESApoptosis is a way that we protect ourselves from infection. New York Times(Jul 18, 2016) It reduces the rate at which cells are lost both through wear and tear and through the programmed process of cell death called apoptosis. Washington Post(Feb 22, 2016) In biological apoptosis, parts of an organism perish so the whole can achieve optimal form. Washington Post(May 28, 2015) 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|Hyper caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death cell death, necrobiosis (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) |
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