adjective
- relating to or characterized by apoptosis; involving programmed cell death
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Apoptotic cells are removed by the immune system before they can leak their contents.
- The drug triggers apoptotic pathways in cancer cells.
- Researchers studied apoptotic mechanisms to understand how cells self-destruct.
- Apoptotic bodies form when a cell undergoes programmed death.
- The treatment induced apoptotic responses in the tumor tissue.