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self-digestion

  • a word derived from digestion.
    digestion
    noun
    the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.

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On the one hand, this "self-digestion" serves to remove defective molecules.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

The stomach is protected from self-digestion by the mucosal barrier.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013