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English
Verb
autolyse (third-person singular simple present autolyses, present participle autolysing, simple past and past participle autolysed)
- (British) Alternative spelling of autolyze
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔ.liz/, /ɔ.tɔ.liz/
Noun
autolyse f (plural autolyses)
- autolysis (the destruction of a cell by its own enzymes)
Further reading
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From auto- + -lyse.
Noun
autolyse m (definite singular autolysen, indefinite plural autolyser, definite plural autolysene)
- (pathology, cytology) autolysis
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From auto- + -lyse.
Noun
autolyse m (definite singular autolysen, indefinite plural autolysar, definite plural autolysane)
- (pathology, cytology) autolysis
References