autolyze

autolyze
To undergo autolysis. SYN: autolyse.

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au·to·lyze or Brit au·to·lyse 'ȯt-əl-.īz vb, -lyzed or Brit -lysed; -lyz·ing or Brit -lys·ing vi to undergo autolysis vt to subject to autolysis

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au·to·lyze (awґto-līz) to undergo or to cause to undergo autolysis.

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  • autolyze — verb ( lyzed; lyzing) Etymology: back formation from autolysis Date: 1903 intransitive verb to undergo autolysis transitive verb to subject to autolysis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • autolyze — /awt l uyz /, v., autolyzed, autolyzing. Biochem. v.t. 1. to cause to undergo autolysis. v.i. 2. to undergo autolysis. Also, esp. Brit., autolyse. [1900 05; back formation from AUTOLYSIS, on the model of ANALYZE] * * * …   Universalium

  • autolyze — verb To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes …   Wiktionary

  • autolyze — v. cause autolysis; undergo autolysis (breakdown of tissues as a result of the activity of enzymes contained within it) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • autolyze — au·to·lyze …   English syllables

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