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crinophagy

crinophagy noun: the intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes.

Noun

crinophagy (uncountable)

  1. The intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes.

Origin of crinophagy

From crino- + -phagy.

Questions about crinophagy

What does crinophagy mean?
Crinophagy means the intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes.
What part of speech is crinophagy?
Crinophagy is a noun.

Words near crinophagy in the dictionary

  1. crinolettes
  2. crinoline
  3. crinolined
  4. crinolines
  5. crinophagic
  6. crinophagy
  7. crinose
  8. crinosities
  9. crinosity
  10. crinosterol
  11. crinozoan

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