| autosomatognosis | The sensation that an amputated portion of the body is still present. See: phantom limb. Origin: auto-+ G. Soma, body, + gnosis, recognition (05 Mar 2000) |
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| autosomatognostic | Pertaining to autosomatognosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autosome | <genetics> A chromosome not involved in sex determination. The diploid human genome consists of 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes (the X and Y chromosomes). (12 Mar 1998) |
| autostylic | <anatomy> Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia. Origin: Auto- + Gr. Pillar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autosuggestibility | A mental state in which autosuggestion readily occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autosuggestion | Suggestion coming from the subject himself. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autosynnoia | A mental disorder in which one never has a thought not connected with oneself. Synonym: self-centreedness. Origin: auto-+ G. Synnoia, deep thought, fr. Syn, with + noeo, to think (05 Mar 2000) |
| autosynthesis | Self-reproduction or -replication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotelic | Denoting those traits closely associated with the central purposes of an individual. Origin: auto-+ G. Telos, end, completeness, purpose (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotemnous | Denoting a cell that propagates itself by fission without previous conjugation. Origin: auto-+ G. Temno, to cut (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotetraploid | See: autoploid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotherapy | 1. Self-treatment. 2. Spontaneous cure. Synonym: autoserotherapy. 4. An obsolete method of treating disease by the administration of the patient's own pathologic excretions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotomy | The act of casting off a body part as a means of escape; e.g., the limb of a crab or the tail of a lizard. Origin: auto-+ G. Tome, a cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotopagnosia | Inability to recognise or to orient any part of one's own body; caused by a parietal lobe lesion. Compare: somatotopagnosis. Origin: auto-+ G. Topos, place, + G. A-priv. + gnosis (05 Mar 2000) |
| autotoxaemia | Autointoxicants present in the blood, usually resulting in autointoxication. (05 Mar 2000) |