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anoikis

/əˈnɔɪkɪs/

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Pseudo-Greek coinage intended to have the sense of "homelessness". Compare Ancient Greek ἄνοικος (ánoikos, “homeless wanderer”).

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uncountable The form of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, that occurs when a cell becomes dislodged from its matrix Loss of matrix attachment of cultured epithelial cells activates a caspase-mediated apoptotic program known as anoikis.

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noun cell death that occurs when a it becomes dislodged from its matrix

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@misc{anoikis_2026,
  title = {anoikis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anoikis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}