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autophagia

American  
[aw-tuh-fey-juh, -jee-uh] / ˌɔ təˈfeɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə /
Also autophagy

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.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of autophagia

auto- 1 + -phagia

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