Definition of "autocannibalism" []

• The eating of part of one's own body. (noun)

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• "If you have not read the Congo Columns, autocannibalism occurs when flesh is cut from living victims and they are forced to eat it."
• "One is "autocannibalism," coined in French but equally appropriate in English."
• "One is “autocannibalism,” coined in French but equally appropriate in English."