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autolysis, autodigestion
1. Self-acting disintegration of tissue.
2. The destruction of cells of the body by the action of their own enzymes.
3, Return of a substance to solution, as of phosphate removed from seawater by plankton and returned when these organisms die and decay.
This entry is located in the following units: auto-, aut- (page 13) lyso-, lyo-, -lysin, -lys-, -lysis, -lytic, -lyt-, -lyz- (page 1)