AUTOLYZE

Etymology

Verb

autolyze (third-person singular simple present autolyzes, present participle autolyzing, simple past and past participle autolyzed) (US)

(biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.

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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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