SEP 9, basic medical science: autophagia

  a) Review of material posted on September 9 in prior years ...

2020: Greek prefixes, auto- (illustrated poem)
2021: patients and maladies, diabetes insipidus (poem) 
2022: parasites, cat fleas (poem)
2023: higher connections, haredim, ultra-orthodox (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Sep 9, 2024): 

Authors' Note:

 -some (SOHM, sometimes ZOHM): Greek suffix for an 

intracellular body, or organelle, e.g. chromosome or lysosome

-phagia, or -phagy: Greek suffix for eating, or consumption

lysis: term of Greek origin for destruction or disintegration

lysosome: cellular organelle adapted to the destruction of extracellular material which has been internalized

autophagosome: membranous organelle that entraps targeted intracellular components, later merging with lysosomes for degradation and recycling of these components; their role in cell defence and in disease causation is under investigation

 And, HERE's a verse about autophagia explaining use of the term to describe a rare and gruesome phenomenon. 

Readers can enjoy our whole collection of verses on this topic by clicking HERE.