apoptose
Portuguese, noun
apoptose is spelled A-P-O-P-T-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoptose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apoptosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rápida morte celular”.
What does apoptose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapoptosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rápida morte celular 2. suicídio celular 3. autodestruição da célula 4. , distensão dos ligamentos de um órgão ou articulação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apoptose
- apoptoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to apoptose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apoptose in Portuguese?
apoptose appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).