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autolyze

autolyze verb: to destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.

Verb

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

  1. (US) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.

Forms of autolyze

third-person singular presentautolyzes
present participleautolyzing
past participleautolyzed
pastautolyzed
alternative UKautolyse

Origin of autolyze

From auto- + lyze.

Questions about autolyze

What does autolyze mean?
Autolyze means to destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
What part of speech is autolyze?
Autolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of autolyze?
The past tense of autolyze is autolyzed.

Words near autolyze in the dictionary

  1. autolytic
  2. autolytical
  3. autolytically
  4. autolyzate
  5. autolyzates
  6. autolyze
  7. autolyzed
  8. autolyzed yeast extract
  9. autolyzed yeast extracts
  10. autolyzes
  11. autolyzing

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