"autocannibalism" meaning in English

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          "text": "god damn it babies, you've got to involuntarily practice some degree of autocannibalism - alt text for Dinosaur Comics, February 15, 2012, http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2144"
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        "The eating of part of one's own body."
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          "word": "cannibal"
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          "word": "autophagy"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Autokannibalismus"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aftokanivalismós",
          "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "αυτοκανιβαλισμός"
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          "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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          "word": "autocanibalismo"
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          "roman": "avtokannibalízm",
          "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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          "word": "автоканнибали́зм"
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          "roman": "samopojedánije",
          "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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          "word": "самопоеда́ние"
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      "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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      "word": "Autokannibalismus"
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      "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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      "sense": "the act of eating oneself",
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