Look up: Autophagy

1. autophagy
   Removal of cytoplasmic components, particularly membrane bounded organelles, by digesting them within secondary lysosomes(autophagic vacuoles). Particularly common in embryonic development and senescence.
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2. Autophagy
   Au·toph'a·gy noun [ Greek ... self + ... to eat.] (Medicine) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.
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3. autophagy
   <cell biology> Removal of cytoplasmic components, particularly membrane bounded organelles, by digesting them within secondary lysosomes (autophagic vacuoles). ... Particularly common in embryonic development and senescence. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...
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4. autophagy
   (aw-tof´ә-je) lysosomal digestion of a cell's own cytoplasmic material. autophagia.
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5. Autophagy
   • (n.) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one`s own tissues.
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6. autophagy
   autophage, autophagous, autophagy 1. Self-devouring; the biting or eating of one`s own flesh. 2. The nutrition of the body by the consumption of its own tissues; the feeding upon oneself, sustenance of life during the process of starvation by absorption of the tissues of the body. 3. A reference to ...
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7. Autophagy
   The eating of an appendage shed from the body by autotomy or otherwise.
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8. autophagy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: aw-tof′ă-jē Definitions: 1. Segregation and disposal of damaged organelles within a cell. Synonyms: autophagia3
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9. autophagy
   A normal process in which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm (the fluid inside the cell membrane but outside the nucleus), which may lead to cell death. Autophagy may prevent normal cells from developing into cancer cells, but it may also protect cancer cells by destroying anticancer drugs or substances taken up by them.
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10. Autophagy
    In cell biology, `autophagy`, or `autophagocytosis`, is a catabolic process involving the degradation of a cell`s own components through the lysosomal machinery. It is a tightly-regulated process that plays a normal part in cell growth, development, and homeostasis, helping to maintain a balance bet...
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