tự tiêu hóa
Definition
- Noun (Biology, Medicine):
- Autodigestion: A pathological process where an organ or tissue is digested by its own enzymes. This occurs when these enzymes, normally contained and inactive, are activated and begin to break down the tissue of the organ itself.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Viêm tụy cấp thường liên quan đến hiện tượng tự tiêu hóa. (Acute pancreatitis is often related to the phenomenon of autodigestion.)
- Tự tiêu hóa là một cơ chế bệnh lý nguy hiểm. (Autodigestion is a dangerous pathological mechanism.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in specialized medical, biological, or anatomical contexts to describe a specific self-destructive process within an organism.
Variants and Related Words
- Tự tiêu (adj): This can be a shortened, more general form meaning "self-consuming" or "self-digesting," but it is less precise than "tự tiêu hóa."
- Quá trình tự tiêu của tế bào. (The cell's autolytic process.)
Synonyms
- Autolysis: The destruction of cells or tissues by their own enzymes, often used interchangeably with autodigestion in biological contexts.
Related Terms
- Hoại tử (n): Necrosis; tissue death, which can be a result of autodigestion.
- Enzyme tiêu hóa (n): Digestive enzymes; the agents that cause autodigestion when improperly activated.