
Autophagia (eating one`s own body) is not classified as a mental disorder or a symptom of a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the diagnostic manual used in the United States. However, Autophagia could be classified under the DSM`s Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified. Impulse-Contro.....
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1. Biting one's own flesh; e.g., as a symptom of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. ... 2. Maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues. ... Synonym: autophagy. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Phago, to eat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(aw″to-fa´jә) eating or biting of one's own flesh. nutrition of the body by consumption of its own tissues. adj., autopha´gic., adj.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-fā′jē-ă Definitions: 1. Biting one's own flesh; as a symptom of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. 2. Maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues. Synonyms: autophagy
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autophagia 1. The biting or eating of one's own flesh. 2. The intracellular digestion of endogenous material of the cell within a lysosome. 3. The recycling of the body of its own tissue during starvation.
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controlled digestion of damaged organelles within a cell. · the maintenance of bodily nutrition by the metabolic breakdown of some bodily tissues.
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