autophagy

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ -phagy

Noun

autophagy (uncountable)

1. (biology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
2. (biology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
3. (rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.

Synonyms

• (self-consumption): autocannibalism

Coordinate terms

• (programmed cell death): apoptosis

Related terms

• autophagal
• autophagous

Translations

the process of self-digestion

• Belarusian: аўтафагі́я f (aŭtafahíja)
• Bengali: আত্মভক্ষণ (attobhokkhon), অটোফেজি (oṭōpheji)
• Bulgarian: автофагия (bg) f (avtofagija)
• Catalan: autofàgia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自噬 (zìshì)

• Czech: autofagie f
• Dutch: autofagie f
• French: autophagie (fr) f
• Galician: autofaxia f
• German: Autophagie (de) f
• Greek: αυτοφαγία (el) f (aftofagía)
• Hebrew: אוֹטוֹפַגְיָה
• Indonesian: autofagi
• Italian: autofagia (it) f
• Japanese: オートファジー (ōtofajī)
• Kazakh: автофагия (avtofagiä)
• Korean: 오토파지 (otopaji)
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• Latvian: autofāgija f
• Lithuanian: autofagija f
• Macedonian: автофагија f (avtofagija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: autofagi m

  Nynorsk: autofagi m

• Polish: autofagia (pl) f
• Portuguese: autofagia (pt) f
• Russian: аутофа́гия (ru) f (autofágija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутофа̀гија f

  Roman: autofàgija (sh) f

• Slovene: avtofagija f
• Spanish: autofagia f
• Swedish: autofagi c
• Turkish: otofaji
• Ukrainian: автофагі́я f (avtofahíja)
• Vietnamese: tự thực, tự ăn mình