💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Paraptosis"
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| Word | Definition |
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| apoptosisnoun | (biology, cytology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury. |
| necroptosisnoun | (biology, cytology) A programmed form of necrosis. |
| necroapoptosisnoun | (biology) programmed necrosis |
| self-deathnoun | (euphemistic) Suicide. |
| cell deathnoun | (biology) The breakdown of the structure of a cell after completion of a number of cell divisions. |
| phagoptosisnoun | (biology) An alternative to apoptosis in which a cell is phagocytosed |
| cytometaplasianoun | (biology) A change in the form or function of a cell |
| plasmotomynoun | (biology) A form of asexual reproduction, in protozoa, in which a multinucleate cell divides into similar daughter cells without mitosis. |
| abiotrophynoun | (medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury. |
| abbreviationnoun | (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. |
| morphallaxisnoun | (biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue. |
| parthenotenoun | (embryology) A cell or embryo generated through parthenogenesis. |
| pathenogenesisnoun | Misspelling of parthenogenesis. [(biology) Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:] |
| paratomynoun | (biology) A form of asexual reproduction in which new organs develop before the organism splits |
| pyknosisnoun | (biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus. |
| ameiosisnoun | (biology) The absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis |
| amitosisnoun | (obsolete, biology) cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes |
| parthenogenesisnoun | (biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy. |
| autofragmentationnoun | (biology) fragmentation with no physical external cause |
| abiosisnoun | (uncountable) The absence of life. |
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