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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 programmed cell death 名詞
 程序性細胞死亡,編程性細胞死亡

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 programmed cell death
      n : 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
          [syn: apoptosis, caspase-mediated cell death]