Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In biology, autolysis, more commonly known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes. Wikipedia

The destruction of a cell by its own enzymes Wikipedia Disambiguation

A programmed cell death process observed in bacteria and filamentous fungi and leading to spontaneous death by lysis. Examples are lysis of the mother cell during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis and self-degradation of fungal cells in Aspergillus ni Wikidata

The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself. Wiktionary

The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes. Wiktionary (translation)