verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To shed (a body part) by autotomy. transitive
2. 2
   cause a body part to undergo autotomy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

autotomise

Etymology

From autotomy + -ize.

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