Definitions For Autophagy

Noun

AUTOPHAGY (uncountable) (biology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure. (biology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion. (rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.

Synonyms

self-consumption autocannibalism

Coordinate terms

programmed cell death apoptosis

Related terms

autophagal autophagous

Translations

Belarusian: аўтафагі́я, f Bengali: আত্মভক্ষণ, অটোফেজি Bulgarian: автофагия, f Catalan: autofàgia, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 自噬 (zìshì) Czech: autofagie, f Dutch: autofagie, f French: autophagie, f Galician: autofaxia, f German: Autophagie, f Greek: αυτοφαγία, f Hebrew: אוֹטוֹפַגְיָה Indonesian: autofagi Italian: autofagia, f Japanese: オートファジー (ōtofajī) Kazakh: автофагия Korean: 오토파지 Latvian: autofāgija, f Lithuanian: autofagija, f Macedonian: автофагија, f Norwegian: : Bokmål: autofagi, m : Nynorsk: autofagi, m Polish: autofagia, f Portuguese: autofagia, f Russian: аутофа́гия, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: аутофа̀гија, f : Roman: autofàgija, f Slovene: avtofagija, f Spanish: autofagia, f Swedish: autofagi, c Turkish: otofaji Ukrainian: автофагі́я, f Vietnamese: tự thực, tự ăn mình

Etymology

{{confix, en, auto, phagy}}