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autogenous

au·tog·e·nous [ aw tójjənəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. produced inside something: produced or created within something itself, without external help or influence

2. medicine produced from something from recipient's body: produced in, or with tissue from, the body of the person to whom it will be given
an autogenous vaccine

3. insects not needing blood: describes insects that do not require a meal of blood in order to produce viable eggs

[Mid-19th century. < Greek autogenēs< gignesthai "be born"]

au·tog·e·nous·ly adverb
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