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Apoptosis refers to the morphological form of individual cell death. It can occur as part of normal homeostasis in a variety of settings or as part of a disease. Programmed cell death, for example, when cells die during embryological development, usually occurs by apoptosis. HIV =  human immunodeficiency virus.