apoptosis

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌapɒpˈtəʊsɪs/

Noun

countable uncountable

(biology, cytology) 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.

Japanese Meaning

アポトーシス：細胞が規定された一連のプロセスに従い、自然に死に至る現象。これは生体の成長や発達、細胞老化、あるいは細胞損傷への反応として起こる計画的な細胞死を意味する。

What is this buttons?

Researchers observed increased apoptosis in the tumor tissue after treatment with the experimental drug.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

研究者たちは、実験薬の投与後に腫瘍組織でアポトーシス（プログラムされた細胞死）が増加しているのを観察した。

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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.

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apoptoses

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