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autophagia

[ aw-tuh-fey-juh, -jee-uh ]

noun

, Physiology.
  1. controlled digestion of damaged organelles within a cell.
  2. the maintenance of bodily nutrition by the metabolic breakdown of some bodily tissues.


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Other Words From

  • au·to·phag·ic [aw-t, uh, -, faj, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

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