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autogenous

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au·tog·e·nous  (ô-tj-ns) also au·to·gen·ic (ôt-jnk)
adj.
1. Produced from within; self-generating.
2. Medicine Originating with the individual to whom applied: an autogenous graft; an autogenous vaccine.
au·toge·nous·ly adv.
autogenous [ɔːˈtɒdʒɪnəs]
adj
1.
a.  (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (Medicine) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) originating within the body Compare heterogenous
b.  (Medicine) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) denoting a vaccine made from bacteria obtained from the patient's own body
2. self-generated; self-produced
3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) denoting a weld in which the filler metal and the parent metal are of similar composition
autogenously  adv
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Adj.1.autogenous - originating within the body
autogenic
heterogeneous, heterogenous - originating outside the body
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