macroautophagy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

macro- +‎ autophagy

Noun[edit]

macroautophagy (uncountable)

  1. (biology) A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome

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