Autophagy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autophagy \Au*toph"a*gy\, n. [Gr. ? self + ? to eat.] (Med.)
     The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition
     by consumption of one's own tissues.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]