autolyze

== English == === Alternative forms === autolyse (UK) === Etymology === From auto- +‎ lyze. === Verb === autolyze (third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed) (US) (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes. ==== Related terms ==== autolysis ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === autolysis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia autolysis (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia