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Why are lysosomes known as suicide bags?

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Lysosomes contain digestive enzyme for almost all types of organic materials. If their covering membrane breaks as it happens during injury to cell, the digestive enzymes will spil over the cell contents and digest the same As lysosomes are organelles which on bursting can kill cells prosesssing them, they are called suicide bags.
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