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
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: musculus abductor pollicis: the abductor muscle of the thumb
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: manner of speaking: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: surgical knife: a very sharp knife used in surgery
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: self-contradiction: contradicting yourself
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: abnormality: behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: kaffir boom: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: flag smut fungus: a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: intoxication: excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: american bugbane: bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: porte-cochere: a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard