programmed cell death

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noun

another name for apoptosis

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Words nearby programmed cell death

programmable, programmatic, programmatically, programme, programmed camera, programmed cell death, programmed instruction, programmed learning, programme evaluation and review technique, programme music, programme of study

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
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The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.
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Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
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The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.
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This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
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Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
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Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
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Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various