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autodigestion

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autodigestion /au·to·di·ges·tion/ (aw?to-di-jes´chun) self-digestion; autolysis; especially, digestion of the stomach wall and contiguous structures after death.
au·to·di·ges·tion (ôt-d-jschn, -d-)
n.
See autolysis.
autodigestion
dissolution of tissue by its own secretions.
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