apoptosis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌapɒpˈtəʊsɪs/    美 /ˌæ.pəˈtoʊ.sɪs/|/ˌæpəpˈtoʊsəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

apoptoses plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis, “a falling off”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”).
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