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au⋅to⋅pha⋅gia
[aw-tuh-fey-juh, -jee-uh] 
təˈfeɪ
–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. |
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| au·toph·a·gy (ô-tŏf'ə-jē) n. The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. |
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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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Main Entry: au·toph·a·gy
Pronunciation: o-'täf-&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
: digestionof cellular constituents by enzymes of the same cell —au·toph·a·gic /-jik/ adjective
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