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autogenous

 
Dictionary: au·tog·e·nous   (ô-tŏj'ə-nəs) pronunciation
also au·to·gen·ic (ô'tə-jĕn'ĭk)
adj.
  1. Produced from within; self-generating.
  2. Medicine. Originating with the individual to whom applied: an autogenous graft; an autogenous vaccine.
autogenously au·tog'e·nous·ly adv.

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Dental Dictionary: autogenous
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adj

Self-originated; springing from within.

Applied to an action that is self-initiated.

Veterinary Dictionary: autogenous
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Self-generated, originating within the patient's own body.

  • a. tissue graft — a graft comprising tissue from the patient's own body.
  • a. vaccine — see autogenous vaccine.
 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Sports Science and Medicine. The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine. Copyright © Michael Kent 1998, 2006, 2007. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more