Pyronecrosis

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Noun
  1. 1
    A variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase. uncountable

    "Pyroptosis and pyronecrosis differ from each other, e.g. by activating factors and the dependence of caspase-1 [ 34 ]."

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"Pyroptosis and pyronecrosis differ from each other, e.g. by activating factors and the dependence of caspase-1 [ 34 ]."

Etymology

From pyro- + necrosis.

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