| autoanalyzer | An instrument capable of conducting analyses automatically; commonly used in chemical analyses. Sequential multichannel autoanalyzer (SMA), an automated instrument capable of performing multiple (usually chemical) analyses simultaneously by propelling samples and reagents in continuous flow fashion along tubes to the detector mechanisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| autoanaphylaxis | Old term for certain kinds of autoimmunity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoantibodies | Antibodies directed against self antigens, i.e., against a normal tissue constituent. An antibody (immunoglobulin) formed in response to, and reacting against, one of the individual's own normal antigenic endogenous body constituents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autoantibody | Antibody that reacts with an antigen that is a normal component of the body. Obviously this can lead to some problems and autoimmunity has been proposed as a causative factor in a number of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. See: systemic lupus erythematosus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, myasthenia gravis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| autoanticomplement | An anticomplement that is formed in the body of an animal and inhibits or destroys the complement of the same animal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoantigen | A "self" antigen; any tissue constituent that evokes an immune response to the host's tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoantigens | Antigens that, despite being normal tissue constituents, are the target of a humoral or cell-mediated immune response, as in autoimmune diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autoassay | Detection or estimation of the amount of a substance produced in an organism by means of a test object in that organism, as, for example, use of the denervated heart in situ of a cat to assay for epinephrine or sympathin liberated into its bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoaugmentation | Augmentation of the bladder by incision and excision of detrusor muscle leaving only bladder epithelium. Synonym: autocystoplasty, Snow procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autobiographer | One who writers his own life or biography. Origin: Auto- + biographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autobiographic | Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the autobiographic sort." . Autobiograph"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autobiographical | Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the autobiographic sort." . Autobiograph"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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) |