SINCE 1828
antiapoptotic
adjective
an·ti·ap·o·pto·tic
| \ ˌa-pəp-ˈtä-tik, -pə-ˈtä-
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variants:
or anti-apoptotic
Medical Definition of antiapoptotic
: inhibiting apoptosis
Cancer results when cells grow faster and live longer than normal. Therefore increased activity of antiapoptotic proteins or decreased activity of proapoptotic proteins can contribute to the development of cancer.— Soren T. Eichhorst and Peter H. Krammer, The Lancet, 4 Aug. 2001
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