| autochronograph | An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Origin: Auto- + chronograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| autoclasia | 1. A breaking up or rupturing from intrinsic or internal causes. 2. Progressive immunologically induced tissue destruction. Origin: auto-+ G. Klasis, breaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoclave | <equipment> A machine that sterilises instruments or materials with high pressure and heat or pressurised steam. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autocoid | A chemical substance produced by one type of cell that affects the function of different types of cells in the same region, thus functioning as a local hormone or messenger. Origin: G. Autos, self, + eidos, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocracy | Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autocratie. See Autocrat. 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. "The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy." (South) 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. 4. <medicine> The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autocratrix | A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; a title given to the empresses of Russia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autocrine | <endocrinology> Secretion of a substance, such as a growth factor, that stimulates the secretory cell itself. One route to independence of growth control is by autocrine growth factor production. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autocrine communication | Denoting a type of cellular communication in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the cell type that produced it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autocrine hypothesis | That tumour cells containing viral oncogenes may have encoded a growth factor, normally produced by other cell types, and thereby produce the factor autonomously, leading to uncontrolled proliferation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocrine motility factor | A member of the class of cytokines secreted by tumour cells. It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting or producing cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive g-protein signal transduction pathway. The factor has also been used as a marker for bladder cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Autoimmune Responses, Autoimmunities
Synonyms : Autolyses
Synonyms : Data Files, Information Processing, Machine-Readable Data Files, Automatic Information Processing, Bar Code, Code, Bar, Codes, Bar, Data File, Data File, Machine-Readable, Data Files, Machine-Readable, Data Processing, Computer, Data Processing, Electronic
Synonyms : Automations
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| autoantibody |
an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it
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| autoradiograph |
a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed
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| autocatalysis |
catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
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| autoradiography |
producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed
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| autoregulation |
(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
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| auto | a vehicle carrying many passengers |
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| auto | catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction |
| auto | relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis |
| auto | originating where it is found |
| auto | originating where it is found |
| auto | of rocks, deposits, etc. |
| auto | originating where it is found |
| auto | nativeness by virtue or originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) |
| auto | a device for heating substances above their boiling point |
| auto | subject to the action of an autoclave |
| auto | any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification |
| auto | a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual |