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apoptosing

apoptosing is the present participle and gerund of apoptose.

Meaning of apoptose

Verb

apoptose (third-person singular simple present apoptoses, present participle apoptosing, simple past and past participle apoptosed)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

Questions about apoptosing

What is apoptosing the present participle and gerund of?
Apoptosing is the present participle and gerund of apoptose.

Words near apoptosing in the dictionary

  1. apoptolidin
  2. apoptopic
  3. apoptose
  4. apoptosed
  5. apoptoses
  6. apoptosing
  7. apoptosis
  8. apoptosomal
  9. apoptosome
  10. apoptosomes
  11. apoptotic

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