Apoptose

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death. ambitransitive

    "Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43)."

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"Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43)."

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