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- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Englishautophagy
- English todaymacroautophagy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
macroautophagy
Today it means: A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome Full definition →
English autophagy ← French macro- ← Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)