necrobiosis

Noun
  1. (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) (synset 111506578)
    referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
    is a type of: death - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
    subtypes: apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death - 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
    same as: cell death

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