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Rarely used term for self-digestion, said of ulceration of the gastric mucous membrane by its own secretion, or the digestion of the skin surrounding a gastrostomy or colostomy opening.
Origin: auto-+ G. Pepsis, digestion
(05 Mar 2000)
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