apoptose

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verb

To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.

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Meanings

verbapoptose (third-person singular simple present apoptoses, present participle apoptosing, simple past and past participle apoptosed)

present singular third person apoptoses · participle present apoptosing · participle past apoptosed · past apoptosed

  1. ambitransitivebiologyTo cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.

    Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43).

    2000, William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, editors, Exercise and Sport Science
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apoptose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apoptose.

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