autophagia [ aw″to-fa´ge-ah ] 1. eating or biting of one's own flesh. 2. nutrition of the body by consumption of its own tissues. autophagy. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

au·to·pha·gi·a ( aw'tō-fā'jē-ă ), ), 1. Biting one's own flesh; for example, as a symptom of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. 2. Maintenance of the nutrition of the whole body by metabolic consumption of some of the body tissues. 3. Synonym(s): Synonym(s): autophagy [auto- + G. phagō, to eat] Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

autophagy The catabolism of the cell by its own enzymes due to the unleashing of the lysosome’s digestive machinery. The catabolism of the cell by its own enzymes due to the unleashing of the lysosome’s digestive machinery. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.