autologousadj.
/ɔːˈtɒləɡəs/, U.S. /ɔˈtɑləɡəs/, /ɑˈtɑləɡəs/ Medicine.
Of tissue, cells, etc.: derived from the same individual.
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proegumenal1822
engendered1841
autogenetic1865
autologous1911
1911 C. E. Simon Man. Clin. Diagnosis Lab. Methods (ed. 7) ii. 543 Presence of isohemolysins associated with increased antihemolytic resistance of the autologous corpuscles.
1921 Laryngoscope 31 649 Autologous grafts never meet with this fate, if the graft successfully takes.
1958 Immunology 1 206 Incubated..in heparinized autologous plasma.
1990 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 14 Oct. 15/3 Most blood bankers and surgeons have dropped their initial resistance to the idea of autologous donations and allow patients who are planning elective surgery to store some of their own blood.
2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies i. 2 The procedure is called autologous fat transfer—that is, moving fat from one part of the body to another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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