autolyze (English, verb)
expansion: autolyze (third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed)
expansion: (US)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
tags: US
raw_tags: said of a cell
Forms:
form: autolyzes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: autolyzing
tags: participle
present
form: autolyzed
tags: participle
past
form: autolyzed
tags: past
form: autolyse
tags: alternative
UK