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autophagi
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autophagia
[aw″to-fa´ge-ah]1. eating or biting of one's own flesh.
2. nutrition of the body by consumption of its own tissues.
autophagy.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
au·to·pha·gi·a
(aw'tō-fā'jē-ă),1. Biting one's own flesh; for example, as a symptom of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
2. Maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues.
3. Synonym(s): autophagy
[auto- + G. phagō, to eat]
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autophagy
The catabolism of the cell by its own enzymes due to the unleashing of the lysosome’s digestive machinery.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
au·to·pha·gi·a
(aw'tō-fā'jē-ă)1. Biting one's own flesh; e.g., as a symptom of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
2. Maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues.
3. Synonym(s): autophagy.
[auto- + G. phagō, to eat]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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