apoptosis
Spanish, noun/apobˈtosis/
apoptosis is spelled A-P-O-P-T-O-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 83,712th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoptosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “apoptosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso bioquímico programado genéticamente que desencadena la muerte celular de ciertos tejidos de manera…”.
What does apoptosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapoptosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proceso bioquímico programado genéticamente que desencadena la muerte celular de ciertos tejidos de manera controlada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce apoptosis?
- /apobˈtosis/
- [a.poβ̞ˈt̪o.sis]
- [apopˈt̪osis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apoptosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apoptosis in Spanish?
apoptosis appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).