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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun 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
originFrom Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis, “a falling off”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- postops 11
- papist 10
- postop 10
- apoop 9
- oppos 9
- pipas 9
- poops 9
- astoop 8
- pastis 8
- patios 8
- patois 8