Term Name: cell killing
Synonyms: necrosis
Definition: Any process in an organism that results in the killing of its own cells or those of another organism, including in some cases the death of the other organism. Killing here refers to the induction of death in one cell by another cell, not cell-autonomous death due to internal or other environmental conditions.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001906]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cellular process
has subtype: complement-dependent cytotoxicity killing of cells of another organism leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity
disjoint_from: biological phase
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell killing
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell killing
regulated by: regulation of cell killing