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endophagy

endophagy noun: cannibalism, within a group.

Noun

endophagy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Cannibalism, within a group.

Origin of endophagy

From endo- (“internal, inside”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Questions about endophagy

What does endophagy mean?
Endophagy means cannibalism, within a group.
What part of speech is endophagy?
Endophagy is a noun.

Words near endophagy in the dictionary

  1. endophagocytic
  2. endophagocytosis
  3. endophagosome
  4. endophagosomes
  5. endophagous
  6. endophagy
  7. endophallic
  8. endophallite
  9. endophallites
  10. endophallus
  11. endophasia

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