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ab er-de-vine (medicine)


ab er-de-vine
<ornithology> The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

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autophagocytosis (medicine)


autophagocytosis


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.