Usually means: Resting dough to improve texture.
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  1. autolyse: Merriam-Webster
  2. autolyse: Collins English Dictionary
  3. autolyse: Wordnik
  4. autolyse: Wiktionary
  5. autolyse: Dictionary.com
  6. Autolyse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. autolyse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. autolyse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Autolyse)

▸ verb:  (British) Alternative spelling of autolyze [(biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.]

Similar:
cytolyse, bacteriolyze, haemolyse, hemolyse, histolyse, lyze, haemolyze, autoxidize, endoproteolyse, lysogenise, more...

Opposite:
heterolyse, allolyse, heteryze

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Similar:
cytolyse, bacteriolyze, haemolyse, hemolyse, histolyse, lyze, haemolyze, autoxidize, endoproteolyse, lysogenise, more...

Opposite:
heterolyse, allolyse, heteryze



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