autolysis
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The self-destruction of cells or tissue by their own enzymes after death or delay in fixation.
Autolysis of the delayed specimen obscured the cellular detail and limited interpretation.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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