autotomy

8 letters in word "autotomy": A M O O T T U Y.

No anagrams for autotomy found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• The ability of certain lower animals, such as lizards and starfish, to cast off injured body parts, such as the tail and, usually, to regenerate ...
• The shedding of part of the body in defence. eg)when a lizard sheds its tail.
• When refering to lizards, the ability to drop the tail.
• spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw or a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
• Autotomy (from the Greek auto = "self-" and tomy = "severing") or self amputation is the act whereby an animal severs one of its own appendages, usually as a self-defense mechanism designed to elude a predator's grasp. ...

• autotomous ←
• autotomizing ←
• autotomizes ←
• autotomy
• → autotoxaemia
• → autotoxaemias
• → autotoxemia