AUTOLYSIS


Meaning of AUTOLYSIS in English

ȯˈtäləsə̇s noun

Etymology: New Latin, from aut- + -lysis

: self-digestion (as in fruit after picking, meat, or a diseased part of the body or one in which circulation has stopped) occurring in plant and animal tissues particularly after they have ceased to be a normal part of the organism to which they belong

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