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English
Etymology
From auto- + lyze.
Verb
autolyze (third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed) (US)
- (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
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