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au·to·pha·gia    Audio Help   [aw-tuh-fey-juh, -jee-uh] Pronunciation Key
–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.
Also, au·toph·a·gy    Audio Help   [aw-tof-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: auto-1 + -phagia]

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au·to·phag·ic    Audio Help   [aw-tuh-faj-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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au·toph·a·gy    Audio Help   (ô-tŏf'ə-jē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell.

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Main Entry: au·toph·a·gy
Pronunciation: o-'täf-&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
: digestion of cellular constituents by enzymes of the same cell —au·toph·a·gic /-jik/ adjective

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Autophagy

Au*toph"a*gy\, n. [Gr. ? self + ? to eat.] (Med.) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.
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