apoptosis

NOUN
9 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A

apoptosis is a valid 9-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1P3O1P3T1O1S1I1S1
1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does apoptosis mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

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.