autophagy.

A cellular process that breaks down and recycles a cell’s own components.

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Words that belong together

• cellular autophagy
• autophagy pathways

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The study traced autophagy in the affected cells.

They distinguished autophagy from the destruction of the whole tissue.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.