autothysis

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek roots αὐτός (autós, “self”) and θυσία (thusía, “sacrifice”); proposed by Maschwitz and Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of the carpenter ant Camponotus saundersi.

Noun

autothysis (uncountable)

(biology) A process by which an animal destroys itself via internal rupture or explosion of an organ.
- 2018, Killian Fox, The Observer, 29 April:
  Another example of autothysis, or defensive suicidal rupturing, can be found in Neocapritermes taracua.

单词	autothysis
释义	autothysis English Etymology From the Ancient Greek roots αὐτός (autós, “self”) and θυσία (thusía, “sacrifice”); proposed by Maschwitz and Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of the carpenter ant Camponotus saundersi. Noun autothysis (uncountable) (biology) A process by which an animal destroys itself via internal rupture or explosion of an organ. 2018, Killian Fox, The Observer, 29 April: Another example of autothysis, or defensive suicidal rupturing, can be found in Neocapritermes taracua.
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