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autotomy

/ɒ:'tɒtәmi/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 自割
  2. [医] 自身分裂; 自作手术; 自断, 自切(动物体)

🔗 释义中的汉语词

📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack