cell suicide

American  

[sel soo-uh-sahyd] / ˈsɛl ˈsu əˌsaɪd /

noun

1. Cell Biology. Also cellular suicide. a cell's self-destruction, effected as an essential factor in the maintenance of an organism's health and development. See also programmed cell death.

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Example Sentences

All initiated the same responses in the pathogen cell, suggesting that cell suicide is a general consequence of ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors.

From Science Daily

High school biology teaches us that the protein p53 takes charge of this process. p53 ensures repair of damaged DNA, but initiates cell suicide when the damage becomes too severe.

From Science Daily

And the cell suicide that ceramides can trigger, although protective against cancer, may damage healthy tissue in organs such as the heart.

From Science Magazine

These include forms of cell suicide, such as apoptosis, which leads to the fragmentation of individual cells, and regulated forms of necrotic cell death that induce cell rupture7.

From Nature

Cells use a variety of ways to eliminate their rivals, from kicking them out of a tissue to inducing cell suicide or even engulfing them and cannibalizing their components.

From Nature