自じ己こ分ぶん解かい

noun

autolysis

Technical term in biology and medicine for the self-digestion of cells by their own enzymes, often after death or in certain pathological conditions.

• 死し後ご、細さい胞ぼうは自じ己こ分ぶん解かいを始はじめる。

  After death, cells begin autolysis.