Cells that die of injury usually swell and then burst. Their contents are released into the extracellular fluid. This form of cell death is referred to as  

A.  apoptosis.
B.  necrosis.
C.  toti-latency.
D.  induction.
E.  encoded death.


B.  necrosis.

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