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autophagy

1) The process by which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of nutrient limitation and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation.

2) Digestion of cellular constituents by enzymes of the same cell.

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