Synonyms & related words for autophagia

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of autophagia. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to autophagia

Explore words related to autophagia — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include autophagous, autophagy, neurotrophy, lysosome, apoptotic, necrobiosis, intracellular, pinocytosis. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does autophagia come from?

The word autophagia breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: auto-, from Greek autos (“self”); phag, from Greek phagein (“to eat”); and -ia, from Greek -ia (“condition, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.