SELF-DIGESTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-digestion mean? 

• SELF-DIGESTION (noun)
  The noun SELF-DIGESTION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SELF-DIGESTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-DIGESTION (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 ("self-digestion" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

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

(Autolized Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)

This new insight into how nerve cells might die from self-digestion has important implications for therapeutic approaches targeting autophagy.

(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)