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mitophagy

mitophagy noun: the removal of damaged mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death.

Noun

mitophagy (uncountable)

  1. The removal of damaged mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death

Origin of mitophagy

Blend of mitochondrial + autophagy.

Questions about mitophagy

What does mitophagy mean?
Mitophagy means the removal of damaged mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death.
What part of speech is mitophagy?
Mitophagy is a noun.

Words near mitophagy in the dictionary

  1. mitonuclear
  2. mitophagic
  3. mitophagosomal
  4. mitophagosome
  5. mitophagosomes
  6. mitophagy
  7. mitophylogenomic
  8. mitophylogenomics
  9. mitophysiological
  10. mitophysiology
  11. mitoplast

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