cascade

1. A series of sequential interactions, as of a physiological process, which once initiated continues to the final one; each interaction is activated by the preceding one, sometimes with cumulative effect. 2. To spill over, especially rapidly. [Fr., fr. It. cascare, to fall]

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cas·cade (.)kas-'kād n a molecular, biochemical, or physiological process occurring in a succession of stages each of which is closely related to or depends on the output of the previous stage <a \cascade of enzymatic reactions> <the \cascade of events comprising the immune response>

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cas·cade (kas-kādґ) a series of steps or stages (as of a physiological process) that once initiated continues to the final step by virtue of each step being triggered by the preceding one, sometimes with cumulative effect.