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.
autodigestion,
autodigestion
au·to·di·ges·tion (ô t -d -j s ch n, -d -)n. See autolysis. |
autodigestion,
a condition in which gastric juices in the pancreas or stomach digest the organ's own tissues.
autodigestion
dissolution of tissue by its own secretions.
autodigestion
Pathology The release of enzymes from macrophages, resulting in tissue destruction linked to cell and tissue death in acute pancreatitis
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