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* Type I cell death, called [[apoptosis]]
* Type I cell death, called [[apoptosis]]
* Type II cell death, called [[autophagy]]
* Type II cell death, called [[autophagy]]
* Type III cell death, called necrotic cell death
* Type III cell death, called [[necrosis]]

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Definition

Programmed cell death (abbreviated PCD) refers to the death or destruction of a cell carried out (or mediated) by an intracellular program.

There are three types of programmed cell death: