apoptosis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Ancient Greek πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs) Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis) Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis)bor. English apoptosis From Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis, “a falling off”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
Apoptosis is routine in developmental processes such as the removal of webbing between fingers in humans, the loss of tadpole tails in amphibians, and insect metamorphosis.
2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 74:Indeed, so important is apoptosis that it is gradually becoming clear that almost all therapeutic cancer treatment works only because it induces apoptosis by alerting p53 and its colleagues.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 238:The term apoptosis is proposed for a hitherto little recognized mechanism of controlled cell deletion, which appears to play a complementary but opposite role to mitosis in the regulation of animal cell populations.
1972, J. F. R. Kerr, A. H. Wyllie, A. R. Currie, “Apoptosis: A Basic Biological Phenomenon with Wide-ranging Implications in Tissue Kinetics”, in British journal of cancer, volume 26, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apoptoses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
necroptosis · apoptotic · oncoapoptosis · neuroapoptosis · proapoptosis · necroapoptosis · UVB-induced apoptosis · paraptosis · antiapoptosis · apoptotically · lipoapoptosis
Hypernyms
Translations (53)
nn apoptose (death of cells) · fi ohjelmoitu solukuolema (death of cells) · et apoptoos (death of cells) · hy ապոպտոզ (death of cells) · nl apoptose (death of cells) · ru апопто́з (death of cells) · ro apoptoză (death of cells) · ca apoptosi (death of cells) · be апаптоз (death of cells) · cs apoptóza (death of cells) · af apoptose (death of cells) · oc apoptòsi (death of cells) · lt apoptozė (death of cells) · it apoptosi (death of cells) · hi एपोप्टोसिस (death of cells) · gl apoptose (death of cells) · pt apoptose (death of cells) · uz apoptoz (death of cells) · ga apaptóis (death of cells) · nb apoptose (death of cells) · da apoptose (death of cells) · ko 세포자살 (death of cells) · eu apoptosi (death of cells) · fi apoptoosi (death of cells) · bn অ্যাপোপটোসিস (death of cells) · cmn 细胞凋亡 (death of cells) · tr apoptozis (death of cells) · bg апоптоза (death of cells) · fr apoptose (death of cells) · ka აპოპტოზი (death of cells) · he אַפּוֹפְּטוֹזָה (death of cells) · ja アポトーシス (death of cells) · ar اسْتِماتَة (death of cells) · uk апопто́з (death of cells) · az apoptoz (death of cells) · sh апопто́за (death of cells) · hu apoptózis (death of cells) · de Apoptose (death of cells) · ko 아포토시스 (death of cells) · tr apoptoz (death of cells) · sh apoptóza (death of cells) · kn ಅಪೊಪ್ಟೋಸಿಸ್ (death of cells) · ky апопеоз (death of cells) · mk апоптоза (death of cells) · pl apoptoza (death of cells) · sk apoptóza (death of cells) · el απόπτωση (death of cells) · uz апоптоз (death of cells) · th อะพอพโทซิส (death of cells) · sl apoptoza (death of cells) · sv apoptos (death of cells) · io apoptozo (death of cells) · es apoptosis (death of cells)