apoptoses
apoptoses is the plural of apoptosis.
apoptoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apoptose.
Meaning of apoptosis
Noun
apoptosis (countable and uncountable, plural apoptoses)
- A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
- The term apoptosis is proposed for a hitherto little recognized mechanism of controlled cell deletion, which appears to play a complementary but opposite role to mitosis in the regulation of animal cell populations.1972, J. F. R. Kerr, A. H. Wyllie, A. R. Currie, “Apoptosis: A Basic Biological Phenomenon with Wide-ranging Implications in Tissue Kinetics”, in British journal of cancer, volume 26, →DOI
Meaning of apoptose
Verb
apoptose (third-person singular simple present apoptoses, present participle apoptosing, simple past and past participle apoptosed)
- To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.
- Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43).2000, William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, editors, Exercise and Sport Science
Phrases with apoptoses
Questions about apoptoses
- What is apoptoses the plural of?
- Apoptoses is the plural of apoptosis.
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