AUTOLYSIS


Meaning of AUTOLYSIS in English

— autolytic /awt'l it"ik/ , adj.

/aw tol"euh sis/ , n. Biochem.

the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.

[ 1900-05; AUTO- 1 + -LYSIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .