| autobiographical | Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the autobiographic sort." . Autobiograph"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| autobiographist | One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autobiography | Origin: Auto- + biography. A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autoblast | 1. An independent cell. 2. A single, independent microbe, protozoon, or single-celled (acellular) organism. Origin: auto-+ G. Blastos, germ (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocarpian | <botany> Consisting of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. Origin: Auto- + Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autocatalysis | A reaction in which one or more of the products formed acts to catalyze the reaction; beginning slowly, the rate of such a reaction rapidly increases. Compare: chain reaction. Synonym: autoactivation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocatalytic | A compound that catalyses its own chemical transformation. More commonly a reaction that is catalysed by one of its products or an enzyme catalysed reaction in which one of the products functions as an enzyme activator. (18 Nov 1997) |
| autocatheterization | Passage of a catheter by the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocephalous | Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches. Origin: Gr. Independent; self + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autochronograph | An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Origin: Auto- + chronograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autochthonous | Derived from within a system, such as organic matter in a stream resulting from photosynthesis by aquatic plants. Compare: allochthonous. (09 Oct 1997) |
| autochthonous ideas | Thoughts that suddenly burst into awareness as if they are vitally important, often as if they have come from an outside source. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autochthonous malaria | Disease acquired by mosquito transmission in an area where malaria regularly occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autochthonous parasite | A parasite descended from the tissues of the host. Synonym: autochthonous parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocide | <pharmacology> A chemical produced by a bacteria which is toxic to other bacteria within the same species, but does not affect other bacteria. (09 Oct 1997) |