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AUTOLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autolysis mean? 

AUTOLYSIS (noun)
  The noun AUTOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal processplay

  Familiarity information: AUTOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUTOLYSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

autolysis; self-digestion

Hypernyms ("autolysis" is a kind of...):

lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)

Derivation:

autolytic (of or relating to self-digestion)


 Context examples 


A specimen that has undergone autolysis, or self-digestion by the specimen's own digestive enzymes.

(Autolized Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)



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