Autolyze
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Autolyze is a verb meaning (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
Meaning
(biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
Word Forms
- autolyzes
- autolyzing
- autolyzed
- autolyse
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autolyse, enzymolyze, autoproteolyze, lyse, cytolyse, protolyze.
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