自じ己こ消しょう化か

noun

autolysis; autodigestion

Medical term for the breakdown of cells or tissues by their own enzymes, often after death or in certain pathological conditions.

• 死し後ご、膵すい臓ぞうの自じ己こ消しょう化かが急きゅう速そくに進すすむことがある。

  After death, autolysis of the pancreas can proceed rapidly.

• 自じ己こ消しょう化かによって組そ織しきが融ゆう解かいする現げん象しょうは法ほう医い学がくでも重じゅう要ようだ。

  The phenomenon of tissue dissolution by autolysis is also important in forensic medicine.