autotomize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

autotomy +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

autotomize (third-person singular simple present autotomizes, present participle autotomizing, simple past and past participle autotomized)

  1. (transitive) To shed (a body part) by autotomy.