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Autophagou- 



eat]. In biology, self-feeding hatched. 



Autophagy 



In starvation tin- absorption of the ti-stu-s themselves 



lor nutrition. Life may be thus continued until about 



half the body-weight has been consumed. 

 Autophilia .to love]. 



Morbid £ i in. 



Autophobia self fear]. 



A iiH »rbid dread r oi -■ .1 im. It- . 



Autophonia See Autophony. 



Autophonomani.i a'-ne-ah) [n 



suicide madness]. Suicidal mania. 



Autophonous [avroc, self; ouh-i,, 



voice]. Having the character <>i autophony. 

 Autophonv self ; i ;-,, voice]. In 



auscultation, the peculiar quality of the physician's 

 while listening to the patient's chest- 

 rids. 

 Autophthalmoscope law-toff-thal' '-mo-skop) . See Oph- 



Autophyllogeny [aw-to-fil-oy -en-e) \ovt6q, self; oi//<n\ 

 lea' . production]. In biology, the production 



of leaves by K-a\ es. 



Autoplast (avZ-to-plast) [ If; Tchaaaeiv, to form] . 



In biology: I. The chlorophyll body. 2. A cell of 

 independent spontaneous origin. 



Autoplasty [aw f -to-plas-te) \avr6c, self; rr'/iiannv. to 

 form]. A method of repairing the effects of a wound 

 or lesion involving loss of tissue by grafting or implant- 

 ing fresh parts taken from other portions of the patient's 

 body. 



Autopsic {(iTi'-fop'-sifc) [<"-"', self; ofir, a seeing]. 

 Relating to an autopsy. 



Autopsy I ~ .self; biptg, a seeing] . i. 



Examination, or seeing one's own self; self-ihspec 

 tion. 2. The post-mortem study of the body of another. 

 The use of the word in this sense, however, is ety- 

 mologically absurd. See Necropsy.. 



Autoscope [aw' -to-skop) \avr6g, self; GK07relv } to see]. 

 An instrument, e.g., the ophthalmoscope, arranged 

 for the examination of an organ by oneself. 



Autoscopy [aw-tos' -ko-pt •) \avr6g, self; (TK07relv,to see]. 

 The examination of one's own organs or disease by 

 means of an autoscope. 



Autosite {aw'-to-sit) [i elf; airog, food] . I. Anion 



r capable of an independent existence after birth. 

 2. That member of a double fetal monstrosity that 

 nourishes itself by its own organs as well as the other 

 member, which is called the parasite. 



Autositk iit'-ik) \_avr6g, self ; a roc, food]. Of 



the nature of an autosite. 



Autostethoscope (azu-to-sleth' '-o-skop) \ self; 



''"<. (he breast ; anoTrelv, to examine]. A stetho 

 scope so arranged that by it one may listen to his own 

 t-sounds. 



Autosuggestion i aw-to-sug-jes' '-churi) [avr6c, 



n intimation]. A term suggested bj P 

 for that peculiar mental condition, often developing 

 after railway accidents; it i- intimately associated with 

 the h\; iate. In both of I mditions 



the mental spontaneity, the will, or the judgment, is 

 more or less suppressed or obscured, and suggest 



■ iii'- easy. Thus the slightest traumatic action 

 directed to any member may become the o 

 paralysis, of a contracture, or of an arthralgia. It i- 

 called traumali u . 



Autotemnon <-tem f -non) \av~6q, self; 



cut]. In biology, the self-dividing unicellular organism. 



Autotherapy \ aw-to-ther* -ap 



a waiting on]. The spontaneous or self-cure of a 

 disease. 



Autotoxemia [aw-to-toks-e 1 '-me-ah) [at rtfi ,self ; tq^ik6\ , 

 a poison; ul/xa, blood]. foxemia from poi 

 derived from the organism itself. 



Autotoxic .,'.v-/ \jovt6q, self ; rot-uUiv, poison] 



Self-empoisonment through the absorption of noxious 

 products of katabolism, a- in uremia. < f. Autointoxi- 



, ill 10)1. 



Autotoxin i .s'lll) [,,./>..■, -iif; r<r-n. 



poison], An\ product of tissue metamorphosis with 

 in the organism that has a toxic effect upon thai or 

 i-tn. 



Autotransfusion tranz-fu' -zhun) \avr6g, self; 



frans/usio, a pouring lion, one vessel into another] . 

 The transfer of the blood to the brain and oth 

 tral organ> by elevating the hips and legs, and by the 

 use i if elastic bandages 



Autovaccination [aw-to-vaks-in-a' 'shun) [oi»r<Jc, self; 

 inare, to vaccinate]. The reinsertion of fresh 

 vaccine-lymph upon the same person from whom 

 it is taken, either by the vaccinated person himself 

 or by some other person, whether intentionally or by 

 accident. 



Autumn (aw* -turn) [autumnus, autumn]. The fall of 

 the year. A. Catarrh. Synonym of Hay-fever, occur- 

 ring in August and the fall of the year. 



Autumnal [aiu-tum' '-nal) \auiumnus, autumn]. Per 

 taining to the fall of the year. A. Fever. Synonym 

 of Typhoid I ever, a. t. 



Auxanometer [awks-an-om/ -et-er) [av^avetv, to grow; 

 fiirpov, measure]. An instrument used in biologic 

 study tor measuring the growth of young organisms. 



Auxe [awks'-e) ["'--'/, increase]. Enlargement in bulk 

 or volume. 



Auxesis ' ■ / i [avS-Tjaig, enlargement] . Increase 



in size or bulk. Hypertrophy is a word often incor- 

 rectly used where Auxesis is meant. 



Auxetic {awks-el* -ik) \av!;r}~iK6e, enlargement] , Charac- 

 terized by auxesis. 



Auxiliary (awks-il / -e-a-re') \auxilium, a helper] . Aid 

 ing. 



Auxilium [awks-W '-e-um) [L., " help "]. A wheeled 

 \ i hide or ambulance with couch and mattresses, for 

 use in the service- of held military hospitals. 



Auxocardia {awks-o-kar* -de-ah) [fflfcf/?, an incn 

 napdia, the heart]. The normal increase of the 

 volume of the heart during diastole, in distinction 

 from meiocardia, the diminution during systole. 



Auxospore [awks r -o-spor) [avijeiv, u< grow; an 



d, offspring]. A large spore produced, either 

 asexually, or by conjugation, in the Diatdmace 



Auxotonic t n'-ik) [_'"-■"'• '" grow ; '• 



tension]. Determined by growth. A. Move- 

 ments, in biology, movements due to growth rather 

 than to stimulation. 



Ava Kava [ah'-vah kah'-vah). See Kava-Kava. 



Avalanche Theory. Pfliiger's opinion that nerve 

 energy gathers intensity a- it parses toward the muscles. 



Avelin-^'- 7 , Apparatus. An apparatus employed in the 

 immediate transfusion oi blood, A. Curve. The 

 S shaped curve of tin- handles of obstetric forceps. 

 A. Operation. See 



Avena {av-e'-naJi) [1..]. A genus of plants. < »at 

 A. farina, oatmeal. A. sativa, the embryo of the 

 the seed of the common oat plant. It contains stan h, 

 gluten, lied diastase, and a small amount 



of alkaline phosphates, and is a nutritious food. I i 

 of the concentrated tinct. or fid. e\t. rrpx-3 ij. The 

 pericarp contains an alkaloid pos oi slighl nar- 



cotic powers. I Inof. 



Avenin (av-e'-nin) [avena, the oat]. 1. A precipi- 

 tate mad'- from a tincture of nvn.i sativa, or the 

 It i- :i n ;rve stimulant and tonic. Unof. 2. A 



