autolisis

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • autólisis

Etymology

Borrowed from German Autolyse.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /autoˈlisis/ [au̯.t̪oˈli.sis]
  • Rhymes: -isis
  • Syllabification: au‧to‧li‧sis

Noun

autolisis f (uncountable)

  1. (biology) autolysis
    • 2015 October 21, “¿Qué ocurre después de la muerte?”, in El País‎:
      Una vez que la autolisis se inicia y las bacterias van escapando del tracto gatrointestinal, comienza la putrefacción.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. suicide
    Synonym: suicidio

Derived terms

References
  1. “autolisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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