OBSOLETE. A permanent cessation of all vital functions: the end of life; can be applied to a whole organism or to a part of an organism.
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GOC:mah,
GOC:mtg_apoptosis,
ISBN:0877797099
Comment
This term was made obsolete because it refers to a phenotype. When death of a cell or tissue is a result of a true biological process, this should be captured using 'programmed cell death' or one of its descendants.