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Intracellular digestion

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noun

A form of digestion wherein the breaking down of materials into smaller components takes place inside the cell.


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In intracellular digestion, the materials or food particles are taken into the cell to be digested. Lysosomes and food vacuoles are responsible for this process.


Word origin: intracellular + digestion

Synonym: cellular digestion

Compare: extracellular digestion


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