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autophagocytosis

autophagocytosis noun: autophagy.

Noun

autophagocytosis (plural autophagocytoses)

  1. autophagy

Forms of autophagocytosis

pluralautophagocytoses

Origin of autophagocytosis

From auto- + phagocytosis.

Questions about autophagocytosis

What does autophagocytosis mean?
Autophagocytosis means autophagy.
What part of speech is autophagocytosis?
Autophagocytosis is a noun.
What is the plural of autophagocytosis?
The plural of autophagocytosis is autophagocytoses.

Words near autophagocytosis in the dictionary

  1. autophagin
  2. autophagins
  3. autophagocytic
  4. autophagocytosed
  5. autophagocytoses
  6. autophagocytosis
  7. autophagocytotic
  8. autophagolysosomal
  9. autophagolysosome
  10. autophagolysosomes
  11. autophagophore

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