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The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.

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  1. The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.
  2. The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutritionby consumption of one's own tissues.