Autolysis (Noun)
Meaning
Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- After cell death, autolysis broke down the proteins in the liver cells.
- In post-mortem tissue samples, signs of autolysis may lead to false-negative results.
- As soon as a tissue injury occurred, an enzyme-based process began the autolysis.
- Some laboratory researchers utilize freeze-thawing or acid extraction instead of allowing the tissues to undergo autolysis naturally.
- With sufficient understanding of tissue death processes including autolysis, investigators will sometimes treat fresh human and animal specimens similarly in histology procedures.