(n) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival, Syn. programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death
[だっさい, dassai] (n) arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc. (from the habit of otters to line a catch of fish on river bank)