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autolysis Biol.|ɔːˈtɒlɪsɪs|
[ad. G. autolyse (M. Jacoby 1900, in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. XXX. 160), f. Gr. αὐτο- (see auto-1) + λύσις a loosening.]
a. Self-acting disintegration of tissue.
b. The destruction of cells of the body by the action of their own enzymes. Hence auˈtolysate, a substance produced by autolysis; autolyse |ˈɔːtəʊlaɪz| v. intr. and trans., to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis; auˈtolysin [-in1], a substance that produces autolysis (Webster, 1934); autolytic |ɔːtəʊˈlɪtɪk| a., belonging to or of the nature of autolysis.
1902Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXII. 35 After autolysis, the same organs yield solutions which hinder blood-clotting. 1902Science 28 Nov. 858 Autolytic ferments. 1903Flexner Ibid. 3 July 15 An acute lobar pneumonia in which the inflammatory exudate..failing to autolyze perfectly cannot absorb, and hence undergoes organisation. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 922/1 Autolysis is a disintegration of dead tissues brought about by the action of their own ferments, while degeneration takes place in the still living cell. The study of autolytic phenomena..has thrown much light on these degenerative processes. 1927Zinsser & Grinnell in Jrnl. Bacteriol. XIV. 307 Reactions in guinea pigs to the pneumococcus autolysate are examples of true allergic sensitization. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Rel. Growth vi. 173 The autolysing agencies which operate at metamorphosis. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Oct. 695/3 Injecting into animals varying quantities of a saline extract of autolysed homologous muscle. 1949Florey Antibiotics I. i. 46 Secondary lysis is very possibly associated with the release of autolytic enzymes. 1964M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xi. 166 This process destroys an autolysin which can otherwise completely lyse a saline suspension of the organisms in a few hours. |