Usually means: Programmed cell death, eliminates damage.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (apoptosis)

noun:  (biology, cytology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads 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.

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