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n. [Gr. autos, self; phagein, to eat; kytos, container]The consumption of contractile muscular tissue by its own cells, as opposed to leucocytes.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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