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Definition: caspase-mediated cell death
caspase-mediated cell death
n : a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized
cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide
mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number
and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
[syn:
apoptosis,
programmed cell death]