Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-topha-gia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The eating of one's own body.

Uncountable

Etymology

From auto- + -phagia.

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Questions

What does autophagia mean?
The eating of one's own body.
Where does autophagia come from?
From auto- + -phagia.

How to pronounce autophagia

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