| autism | Mental introversion in which the attention or interest is fastened upon the patients own ego. A self centreed state from which reality tends to be excluded. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| autism, infantile | A syndrome beginning in infancy and characterised by a lack of responsiveness to other people, gross impairment in verbal and nonverbal communication skills, and bizarre responses to the environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autistic | Pertaining to or characterised by autism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autistic disorder | autism, infantile autism |
| autistic parasite | A parasite descended from the tissues of the host. Synonym: autochthonous parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auto- | Aut- <prefix> Prefixes meaning self, same. Origin: G. Autos, self (05 Mar 2000) |
| auto-oxidation | The direct combination of a substance with molecular oxygen at ordinary temperatures. Synonym: autoxidation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auto-oxidizable | Denoting substances that react directly with oxygen (e.g., b haemochromogen in cytochrome) and do not require the action of dehydrogenases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoactivation | 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) |
| autoagglutination | 1. Non-specific agglutination or clumping together of cells (e.g., bacteria, erythrocytes) due to physical-chemical factors. 2. The agglutination of an individual's red blood cells in his own serum, as a consequence of specific autoantibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoagglutinin | An agglutinating autoantibody. Anti-Pr cold autoagglutinin, a cold autoagglutinin specific for the Pr (protease-sensitive) antigen of erythrocytes. Cold autoagglutinin, a heterogeneous group of autoantibodies that react at temperatures below 37캜, often most actively at 4캜; most are the IgM class of immunoglobulins with affinity for the Ii system of erythrocyte antigens, but some are anti-Pr cold autoagglutinin's; cold autoagglutinin's may be associated with infection (e.g., primary atypical pneumonia, infectious mononucleosis and other virus infections, certain protozoan infections) and in such instances usually are not active in vivo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoallergic | Pertaining to autoallergy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoallergization | Induction of autoallergy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoallergy | An altered reactivity in which antibodies (autoantibodies) are produced against an individual's own tissues, causing a destructive rather than a protective effect. Synonym: autoimmunity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoanalysis | Attempted analysis, or psychoanalysis, of one's self. Synonym: self-analysis. (05 Mar 2000) |