Term: apoptosis: 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
Candidate hypernym: necrobiosis: (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) → 1
Candidate hypernym: fettle: a state of fitness and good health → 0
Candidate hypernym: substitute: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced → 0
Candidate hypernym: data: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn → 0
Candidate hypernym: scallopine: sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour → 0
Candidate hypernym: avestan: an ancient Iranian language → 0
Candidate hypernym: cloud-cuckoo-land: an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality → 0
Candidate hypernym: corncob: the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn → 0
Candidate hypernym: hall pass: written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school → 0
Candidate hypernym: kopiyka: 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine → 0
Candidate hypernym: entrenchment: an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches → 0