Noun : My digestion is bad. From Dictionary.com.
This, acting on the cell walls, the starch granules, and other constituents of the cells, transforms them into gum, and even changes into gum the Coryneum itself, reminding the observer of the self-digestion of a stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.] Reference
Gilbert: Your freakish act of self-digestion becomes a sensation. From Wordnik.com. [No Fact Zone] Reference
Klionsky DJ (2004) Development by self-digestion: molecular mechanisms and biological functions of autophagy. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Watched Godfather 1 and 2, and ate food simply to prevent my body from initiating the process of self-digestion. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Gemin X is developing first-in-class cancer therapeutics based on reinitiating programmed cell death, or apoptosis, inducing cancer cell self-digestion, or autophagy, and the inhibition of metabolism in cancerous cells. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Although this drug has been used primarily to treat seizure disorders, some recent work has suggested that it could enhance a natural cellular pathway called autophagy, or self-digestion, and so the Pitt researchers reasoned that it might be able to rid the cells of the toxic aggregated ATZ. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
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