anoikic

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adjective

Exhibiting anoikis, the form of apoptosis that occurs when a cell comes loose from its anchorage

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Meanings

adjectiveanoikic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyExhibiting anoikis, the form of apoptosis that occurs when a cell comes loose from its anchorage

    Moreover, another process, autophagy — in which the cell digests some of its own components — is observed in anoikic cells.

    2009 September 2, Eyal Gottlieb, “Cancer: The fat and the furious”, in Nature, volume 461, number 7260, →DOI, pages 44–45

Origin

From anoikis + -ic.

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anoikic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anoikic

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