autophagia

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

noun Physiology.

controlled digestion of damaged organelles within a cell.

the maintenance of bodily nutrition by the metabolic breakdown of some bodily tissues.

Also, au·toph·a·gy

[aw-tof-uh-jee] .

Origin:
auto-¹ + -phagia

Related forms

au·to·phag·ic

[aw-tuh-faj-ik] , adjective

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Autophagia is always a great word to know.

So is migrate. Does it mean:

to move from one region of the body to another, as in embryonic development

an innate periodicity in an organism's physiological processes like sleep and wake cycles

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autophagia au·to·pha·gia (ô'tə-fā'jə, -jē-ə)
n.

The biting of one's own flesh.
or au·toph·a·gy (ô-tŏf'ə-jē) The segregation and disposal of damaged organelles within a cell.
or autophagy The maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues.

au'to·phag'ic (-fāj'ĭk)

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