Definitions for autolysis

autolysis au·tol·y·sis

Spelling: [aw-tol-uh-sis]
IPA: /ɔˈtɒl ə sɪs/

Autolysis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in autolysis (ailosstuy).

Definitions for autolysis

noun

  1. the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.

Origin of autolysis

First recorded in 1900-05; auto-1 + -lysis

Examples for autolysis

The products of this autolysis are carried by the lymphatics to healthy tissues and thus may spread the infection.

This disintegration may be due to a process of autolysis, which sets in only after the egg has extruded the two polar bodies.

Such a constituent may be responsible for phagocytosis and autolysis in the organs undergoing absorption.

This process of self-digestion is known technically as autolysis.

Only in tumors in which autolysis is active intra vitam does the method exert any effect.

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