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heterophagy — Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance phagocytosed from the cell s environment. [hetero + G. phago, to eat] * * * het·er·oph·a·gy .het ə räf ə jē n, pl gies digestion in a fused vacuole and lysosome of material taken into a cell by… … Medical dictionary
Autophagy — This article is about the cellular process. For other uses, see Autophagy (disambiguation). (A) Diagram of autophagy; (B) Electron micrograph of autophagic structures in the fatbody of a fruit fly larva; (C) Fluorescently labeled autophagosomes… … Wikipedia
autophagy — Segregation and disposal of damaged organelles within a cell. SYN: autophagia (3). [auto + G. phago, to eat] * * * au·toph·a·gy ȯ täf ə jē n, pl gies digestion of cellular constituents by enzymes of the same cell au·toph·a·gic jik adj * * *… … Medical dictionary
secondary lysosome — a primary (or another secondary) lysosome that has fused with a phagosome or pinosome, bringing hydrolases in contact with the ingested material and resulting in digestion of the material. See also autophagy (def. 2) and heterophagy … Medical dictionary
