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English 1 sense of the word autotomy:
NOUNactautotomyspontaneous 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
Englishautotomy: 1 sense noun 1, act
Meaningspontaneous 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.
Broaderremoval, remotionThe act of removing
Spanishautotomía
Catalanautotomia, autotomía
Adjectivesautotomicof or relating to autotomy
Verbsautotomizecause a body part to undergo autotomy

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