Autolyze Definition
ôtl-īz
autolyzed, autolyzes, autolyzing
verb
To cause to undergo autolysis.
American Heritage
To affect with or undergo autolysis.
Webster's New World
To undergo autolysis.
American Heritage
To undergo or cause to undergo autolysis.
American Heritage Medicine
(biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
Wiktionary
Origin of Autolyze
Probably back-formation from autolysis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From auto- + lyze.
From Wiktionary
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