apoptose

English

Verb

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

  1. (biology, cytology, ambitransitive) To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.
    • 2000, William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, editors, Exercise and Sport Science[1]:
      Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43).

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑpʌbˈtoːsə]

Noun

apoptose c (singular definite apoptosen, not used in plural form)

  1. (biology) apoptosis

Declension

Declension of apoptose
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative apoptose apoptosen
genitive apoptoses apoptosens

References

Portuguese

Noun

apoptose f (plural apoptoses)

  1. (biology) apoptosis