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programmed cell death

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
pro-grammed -cel-l death
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The regulated death of a cell, mediated by an intracellular program.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

programmed cell deaths (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

apoptosis paraptosis

Synonyms

apoptosis caspase-mediated cell death

Questions

What does programmed cell death mean?
The regulated death of a cell, mediated by an intracellular program.

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