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autoclasis

autoclasis noun: destruction of tissue due to internal (or immunological) processes.

Noun

autoclasis (uncountable)

  1. destruction of tissue due to internal (or immunological) processes
  2. spontaneous rupture of crystals within a rock (due, especially, to sudden cooling)

Origin of autoclasis

From auto- + -clasis.

Questions about autoclasis

What does autoclasis mean?
Autoclasis means destruction of tissue due to internal (or immunological) processes.
What part of speech is autoclasis?
Autoclasis is a noun.

Words near autoclasis in the dictionary

  1. autocinesis
  2. autocircumcision
  3. autocitation
  4. autocitrullinated
  5. autocitrullination
  6. autoclasis
  7. autoclassification
  8. autoclassified
  9. autoclassifier
  10. autoclassifiers
  11. autoclassifies

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