About The Medical Condition Autophagocytoses

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Autophagocytoses

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Autophagocytoses Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Autophagocytoses?

The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuoles (cytolysosomes) composed of lysosomes containing cellular components in the process of digestion; it plays an important role in metamorphosis of amphibians, in the removal of bone by osteoclasts, and in the degradation of normal cell components in nutritional deficiency states.

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