| autonomously replicating sequence | <molecular biology> This is a chromosomal sequence that allows plasmids to replicate on their own in yeast. (02 Jan 1998) |
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| autonomy | 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. <psychology> The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autonomie. See Autonomous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autoparenchymatous metaplasia | Metaplasia occurring in the parenchymal cells proper to the tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopathic | Rarely used synonym for idiopathic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopentaploid | See: autoploid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopepsia | Rarely used term for self-digestion, said of ulceration of the gastric mucous membrane by its own secretion, or the digestion of the skin surrounding a gastrostomy or colostomy opening. Origin: auto-+ G. Pepsis, digestion (05 Mar 2000) |
| autophagi | <ornithology> Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Self + to eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autophagia | 1. Biting one's own flesh; e.g., 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. Synonym: autophagy. Origin: auto-+ G. Phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| autophagic | Relating to or characterised by autophagia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autophagic vacuole | <cell biology> Membrane bounded region of cytoplasm that is subsequently digested. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| autophagocytosis | The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuoles (cytolysosomes) composed of lysosomes containing cellular components in the process of digestion; it plays an important role in metamorphosis of amphibians, in the removal of bone by osteoclasts, and in the degradation of normal cell components in nutritional deficiency states. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autophagolysosome | The digestive vacuole of autophagy that results from the fusion of a primary lysosome with an autophagic vacuole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autophagosome | <cell biology> This is the name given to the membrane-bound bodies, found inside cells, which trap and break down organelles. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (02 Jan 1998) |
| autophagy | <cell biology> Removal of cytoplasmic components, particularly membrane bounded organelles, by digesting them within secondary lysosomes (autophagic vacuoles). Particularly common in embryonic development and senescence. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autophilia | Synonym: narcissism. Origin: auto-+ G. Phileo, to love (05 Mar 2000) |