autolyze

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The cancer cells were found to autolyze with curcumin present; the study has been published in The British Journal of Cancer.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to undergo autolysis.
  2. intransitive verb To undergo autolysis.

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  • The cancer cells were found to autolyze with curcumin present; the study has been published in The British Journal of Cancer. —  foodconsumer.org
  • The dough de facto gets a long autolyze step in the beginning due to the very low concentration of yeast. —  The Fresh Loaf
 

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  1. Probably back-formation from autolysis.

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  1. autoly(sis) + (-i)ze. Cf. analyse from analysis.
 

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/ˈɔtəlaɪz/
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