Medical Definition of Autopepsia

1. Rarely used term for self-digestion, said of ulceration of the gastric mucous membrane by its own secretion, or the digestion of the skin surrounding a gastrostomy or colostomy opening. Origin: auto-+ G. Pepsis, digestion (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autopepsia

autonomotropic
autonomous
autonomous
autonomously
autonomously replicating sequence
autonomous psychotherapy
autonomy
autonomy
autonym
autonyms
autoparenchymatous metaplasia
autopathic
autopen
autopens
autopentaploid
autopepsia (current term)
autophagi
autophagia
autophagic
autophagic vacuole
autophagies
autophagocytosis
autophagolysosome
autophagosome
autophagy
autophagy
autophilia
autophobia
autophony
autophosphorylation

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