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overdigestion

overdigestion noun: excessive digestion.

Noun

overdigestion (uncountable)

  1. Excessive digestion
    • Under certain situations including impairment in the completion of the autophagy process and overdigestion of cytoplasmic contents due to excessive autophagy may lead to autophagic cell death [62 ].2015 October 8, “Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Autophagy Provides Cytoprotection from Chemical Hypoxia and Oxidant Injury and Ameliorates Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of overdigestion

From over- + digestion.

Questions about overdigestion

What does overdigestion mean?
Overdigestion means excessive digestion.
What part of speech is overdigestion?
Overdigestion is a noun.

Words near overdigestion in the dictionary

  1. overdifferentiates
  2. overdifferentiating
  3. overdifferentiation
  4. overdifferentiations
  5. overdiffuse
  6. overdigestion
  7. overdight
  8. overdignified
  9. overdignifies
  10. overdignify
  11. overdignifying

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