autophagy
Meaning
Noun
- The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
- A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
- Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
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Origin
- auto- + -phagy
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