autogenous

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(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.

Applied to an action that is self-initiated.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Training patients in self-induced relaxation.

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  1. self-produced.
  2. originating within, especially within one's own body.

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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.

adj

Self-originated; springing from within.

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