macroautophagy en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English autophagy English macroautophagy From macro- + autophagy.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome