[aw-tuh-fey-juh, -jee-uh] 
| 1. | controlled digestion of damaged organelles within a cell. |
| 2. | the maintenance of bodily nutrition by the metabolic breakdown of some bodily tissues. |
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.
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