self-digestion

1. 1.

   lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process

   Synonymsautolysis

   Broaderlysis

Questions about self-digestion

What does self-digestion mean?

self-digestion means "lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process".

How many syllables are in self-digestion?

self-digestion has 5 syllables and divides as self--di-ge-sti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-digestion?

Close synonyms include autolysis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.