Autophagy

Synonyms for "autophagy" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
autocannibalism

Related words (2)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

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similar

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Translations

37 translations across 33 languages.

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Belarusian

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  • аўтафагі́я noun (the process of self-digestion)

Bengali

2 entries
  • অটোফেজি noun (the process of self-digestion)
  • আত্মভক্ষণ noun (the process of self-digestion)

Bulgarian

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  • автофагия noun (the process of self-digestion)

Catalan

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  • autofàgia noun (the process of self-digestion)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 自噬 noun (the process of self-digestion)

Czech

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  • autofagie noun (the process of self-digestion)

Dutch

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  • autofagie noun (the process of self-digestion)

Finnish

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  • autofagia noun (the process of self-digestion)

French

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  • autophagie noun (the process of self-digestion)

Galician

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  • autofaxia noun (the process of self-digestion)

German

1 entries
  • Autophagie noun (the process of self-digestion)

Greek

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  • αυτοφαγία noun (the process of self-digestion)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אוֹטוֹפַגְיָה noun (the process of self-digestion)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • autofagi noun (the process of self-digestion)

Italian

1 entries
  • autofagia noun (the process of self-digestion)

Japanese

1 entries
  • オートファジー noun (the process of self-digestion)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • автофагия noun (the process of self-digestion)

Korean

1 entries
  • 오토파지 noun (the process of self-digestion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • autofāgija noun (the process of self-digestion)

Lithuanian

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  • autofagija noun (the process of self-digestion)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • автофагија noun (the process of self-digestion)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • autofagi noun (the process of self-digestion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • autofagi noun (the process of self-digestion)

Polish

2 entries
  • autofagia noun (the process of self-digestion)
  • autofagocytoza noun (the process of self-digestion)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • autofagia noun (the process of self-digestion)

Russian

1 entries
  • аутофа́гия noun (the process of self-digestion)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • autofàgija noun (the process of self-digestion)
  • аутофа̀гија noun (the process of self-digestion)

Slovene

1 entries
  • avtofagija noun (the process of self-digestion)

Spanish

1 entries
  • autofagia noun (the process of self-digestion)

Swedish

1 entries
  • autofagi noun (the process of self-digestion)

Turkish

1 entries
  • otofaji noun (the process of self-digestion)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • автофагі́я noun (the process of self-digestion)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tự thực noun (the process of self-digestion)
  • tự ăn mình noun (the process of self-digestion)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

One mechanism involves disarming a biological process known as autophagy. Under normal circumstances, autophagy allows cells to sweep away debris, including viruses; but, by suppressing this function, HIV is able to keep on infecting white blood cells, eventually leading to a breakdown of the protective immune system.

Source: tatoeba (12257289)

Near-synonym: autocytolysis

Source: wiktionary

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