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      autotomize
      verb
      cause a body part to undergo autotomy
      Roots
      autosauto- · Greek · selftometom- · Greek · a cuttingizein-ize · Greek · to make/do
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      The word autotomize breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: auto-, from Greek autos (“self”); tom, from Greek tome (“a cutting”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make/do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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