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necrobiosis vs caspase-mediated cell death

caspase-mediated cell death vs necrobiosis

necrobiosis and caspase-mediated cell death both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
necrobiosis Yes No No No
caspase-mediated cell death Yes No No No
As nouns, caspase-mediated cell death is a hyponym of necrobiosis; that is, caspase-mediated cell death is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than necrobiosis:
  • necrobiosis: (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
  • caspase-mediated cell death: 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
Other hyponyms of necrobiosis include apoptosis, programmed cell death.
necrobiosis (noun) caspase-mediated cell death (noun)
(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) 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
Difference between necrobiosis and caspase-mediated cell death

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