autogenous

(ô täjə nəs)

adjective

  1. self-generated or self-generating
  2. produced in or obtained from one's own body: said esp. of a vaccine or tissue transplant
Also autogenic

Origin: Gr autogenēs (< autos, self + genesis, birth: see genus) + -ous

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See autogenous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Produced from within; self-generating.
  2. Medicine Originating with the individual to whom applied: an autogenous graft; an autogenous vaccine.

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  • au·togˈe·nous·ly adverb

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