We don't have synonyms for apoptosis yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are apophasis, apodosis and apophysis.
°A process of programmed celldeath by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which lead to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
"Cells may undergo apoptosis if they have sustained unrepairable damage."
°A process of programmed celldeath by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which lead to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
"Cells may undergo apoptosis if they have sustained unrepairable damage."