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autologous

autologous adjective: derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).

Adjective

autologous (not comparable)

  1. Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).
    • When she relapsed with metastatic breast cancer after exhausting all conventional therapies, her doctors suggested an autologous bone marrow transplant as a last resort.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 322
    Synonyms:
    autogeneic

Synonyms of autologous

Antonyms

Origin of autologous

From autology + -ous.

Words formed from autologous

Questions about autologous

What does autologous mean?
Autologous means derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).
What part of speech is autologous?
Autologous is an adjective.

Words near autologous in the dictionary

  1. autologicality
  2. autologically
  3. autologies
  4. autologin
  5. autologistic
  6. autologous
  7. autologously
  8. autology
  9. autoloom
  10. autolooms
  11. autoloop

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