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The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell, and often a defensive or self-preservation measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonym: autocytolysis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autocytolysis
Antonyms: none provided
A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
аўтафагі́я
(awtafahíja)
— the process of self-digestion
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Bengali:
আত্মভক্ষণ
(attobhokkhon)
— the process of self-digestion
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Bengali:
অটোফেজি
(oṭōpheji)
— the process of self-digestion
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Bulgarian:
автофагия
(avtofagija)
— the process of self-digestion
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Catalan:
autofàgia
— the process of self-digestion
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Chinese Mandarin:
自噬
(zìshì)
— the process of self-digestion
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Czech:
autofagie
— the process of self-digestion
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Dutch:
autofagie
— the process of self-digestion
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Finnish:
autofagia
— the process of self-digestion
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French:
autophagie
— the process of self-digestion
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Galician:
autofaxia
— the process of self-digestion
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German:
Autophagie
— the process of self-digestion
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Greek:
αυτοφαγία
(aftofagía)
— the process of self-digestion
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Hebrew:
אוֹטוֹפַגְיָה
— the process of self-digestion
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Indonesian:
autofagi
— the process of self-digestion
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Italian:
autofagia
— the process of self-digestion
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Japanese:
オートファジー
(ōtofajī)
— the process of self-digestion
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Kazakh:
автофагия
(avtofagiä)
— the process of self-digestion
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Korean:
오토파지
(otopaji)
— the process of self-digestion
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Latvian:
autofāgija
— the process of self-digestion
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Lithuanian:
autofagija
— the process of self-digestion
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Macedonian:
автофагија
(avtofagija)
— the process of self-digestion
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Norwegian Bokmål:
autofagi
— the process of self-digestion
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
autofagi
— the process of self-digestion
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Polish:
autofagia
— the process of self-digestion
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Polish:
autofagocytoza
— the process of self-digestion
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Portuguese:
autofagia
— the process of self-digestion
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Russian:
аутофа́гия
(autofágija)
— the process of self-digestion
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Serbo-Croatian:
аутофа̀гија
— the process of self-digestion
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Serbo-Croatian:
autofàgija
— the process of self-digestion
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Slovene:
avtofagija
— the process of self-digestion
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Spanish:
autofagia
— the process of self-digestion
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Swedish:
autofagi
— the process of self-digestion
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Turkish:
otofaji
— the process of self-digestion
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Ukrainian:
автофагі́я
(avtofahíja)
— the process of self-digestion
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Vietnamese:
tự thực
— the process of self-digestion
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Vietnamese:
tự ăn mình
— the process of self-digestion