Macroautophagy
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Macroautophagy is a noun meaning (biology) A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome.
Meaning
(biology) A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microautophagy, autophagophore, macroautophagosome, macrolipophagy, autolipophagy, macropexophagy.
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