autolisis

Spanish

Alternative forms

• autólisis

Etymology

Borrowed from German Autolyse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autoˈlisis/ [au̯.t̪oˈli.sis]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: au‧to‧li‧sis

Noun

autolisis f (uncountable)

1. (biology) autolysis
   • 2015 October 21, “¿Qué ocurre después de la muerte?”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Una vez que la autolisis se inicia y las bacterias van escapando del tracto gatrointestinal, comienza la putrefacción.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. suicide

   Synonym: suicidio

Derived terms

• autolítico

 

Further reading

• “autolisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10