transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·lyzed·, -·lyz·ing to affect with or undergo autolysis
autolyze
au·to·lyzeWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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autolyze
verb
au·to·lyzed, au·to·lyz·ing, au·to·lyz·esverb
transitiveTo cause to undergo autolysis.
verb
intransitiveTo undergo autolysis.
Origin of autolyze
Probably back-formation from autolysisTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed)
- (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
Origin
From auto- + lyze.
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autolyze - Medical Definition
v.
To undergo or cause to undergo autolysis.
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