Definition of Cell death

1. Noun. (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells).

Exact synonyms: Necrobiosis
Category relationships: Physiology
Generic synonyms: Death
Specialized synonyms: Apoptosis, Caspase-mediated Cell Death, Programmed Cell Death

Definition of Cell death

1. Noun. (biology) The breakdown of the structure of a cell after completion of a number of cell divisions ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cell death

1. Cells die (nonaccidentally) either when they have completed a fixed number of division cycles (around 60, the Hayflick limit) or at some earlier stage when programmed to do so, as in digit separation in vertebrate limb morphogenesis. Whether this is due to an accumulation of errors or a programmed limit is unclear, some transformed cells have undoubtedly escaped the limit. See: apoptosis. (26 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cell Death

cell aggregation
cell aging
cell behaviour
cell biology
cell body
cell bridges
cell centre
cell cloning
cell communication
cell compartmentation
cell count
cell culture
cell cycle
cell cycle proteins
cell cycle restriction point
cell death (current term)
cell degranulation
cell determination
cell differentiation
cell disruption
cell division
cell division cycle gene
cell division cycle mutant
cell division phases
cell divisions
cell doctrine
cell electrophoresis
cell extracts
cell fate
cell fractionation

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