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.
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