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microautophagy

microautophagy noun: a form of autophagy in which the material to be digested fuses directly with the lysosome.

Noun

microautophagy (uncountable)

  1. A form of autophagy in which the material to be digested fuses directly with the lysosome

Origin of microautophagy

From micro- + autophagy.

Questions about microautophagy

What does microautophagy mean?
Microautophagy means a form of autophagy in which the material to be digested fuses directly with the lysosome.
What part of speech is microautophagy?
Microautophagy is a noun.

Words near microautophagy in the dictionary

  1. microatomizers
  2. microattribution
  3. microattributions
  4. microautologous
  5. microautophagic
  6. microautophagy
  7. microautoradiogram
  8. microautoradiograms
  9. microautoradiograph
  10. microautoradiographic
  11. microautoradiographs

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