| autoecholalia | A morbid repetition of another person's or one's own words. Origin: auto-+ echolalia (05 Mar 2000) |
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| autoecious | <microbiology> Term used to describe a parasite that uses only one host for its lifecycle. Compare: heteroecious. (09 Oct 1997) |
| autoerotic | Pertaining to autoerotism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoeroticism | 1. Sexual arousal or gratification using one's own body, as in masturbation. 2. Sexual self-love. See: narcissism. Compare: alloerotism. Synonym: autoeroticism, autosexualism. Origin: auto-+ G. Erotikos, relating to love (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoerotism | 1. Sexual arousal or gratification using one's own body, as in masturbation. 2. Sexual self-love. See: narcissism. Compare: alloerotism. Synonym: autoeroticism, autosexualism. Origin: auto-+ G. Erotikos, relating to love (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoerythrocyte sensitization | See: autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome | <syndrome> A condition, usually occurring in women, in which the individual bruises easily (purpura simplex) and the ecchymoses tend to enlarge and involve adjacent tissues, resulting in pain in the affected parts; so-called because similar lesions are produced by inoculation of the individual's blood or various components of red blood cells and it is thought to be a form of localised autosensitization, although no specific antibodies have been demonstrable; in some individuals, there seems to be a psychogenic mechanism. Synonym: Gardner-Diamond syndrome, psychogenic purpura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autofecundation | <biology> Self-impregnation. Origin: Auto- + fecundation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autofluoroscope | <instrument> A type of scintillation camera consisting of a matrix of individual sodium iodide crystals, each with its separate light pipe and photomultiplier tube; used for radioisotope imaging procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autogamous | <biology> Relating to or reproducing by autogamy. (09 Oct 1997) |
| autogamy | <biology> Self fertilization, common in plants and also in some ciliate protozoa where gametic nuclei from a single micronucleus subsequently fuse to form the zygote nucleus. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autogeneic graft | <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autogenesis | <biology> Spontaneous generation. Origin: Auto- + genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autogenetic | <biology> Relating to autogenesis; self-generated. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autogenic training | Technique based on muscle relaxation during self-hypnotic exercises. It is used in conjunction with psychotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |