autolyze

English

Alternative forms

• autolyse (UK)

Etymology

From auto- +‎ lyze.

Verb

autolyze (third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed) (US)

1. (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.

Related terms

• autolysis

Translations

Translations

• Polish: autolizować (pl) impf

Further reading

• autolysis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• autolysis (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia