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AUTOPHAGIA 



that are elicited by percussion. It is called immediate, 

 when the ear is directly applied to the part, and 

 mediate, if by the aid of the stethoscope. Obstetric 

 auscultation is practised in pregnancy to detect or 

 study the fetal heart-sounds or the placental murmur. 

 See Murmur, Respiration, Rales, Rhonchus, Bron- 

 chophony, Pectoriloquy, Egaphony, Bruit, Souffle, etc. 

 I A. -tube, in otology, an instrument for listening to 

 the forced passage of air through the ear of another. 

 Auscultatory (aws-kul'-tat-ar-e) [auscultare, to listen 

 to]. Relating to auscultation. A. Percussion, the 

 practise of auscultation by one person, while another 

 practises percussion. 

 Australian (aws-tral / -yan) [Australia]. Of or belong- 

 ing to Australia. A. Blight. See Angio-neurotic 

 Edema. A. Sassafras. See Atherosperma mos- 

 chata. 

 Autacanthid {aw-tak-an'-thid) [avroc, self; aicavda, 

 a spine]. In biology, applied to a star- fish having 

 many of the spines on special plates. 

 Auiechoscope (aw-tek' -o-skop) [avroc, self; VX°S> 

 sound; ono-etv, to inspect]. A device for enabling 

 a person to listen to sounds produced within his own 

 body. 

 Autecious, or Autcecious (aiu-te' -shus) [avroc, self; 

 oinor, dwelling]. In biology, same as Monecious ; 

 also applied to parasitic fungi that pass through all 

 the stages of their existence on the same host. 

 Autenrieth and Hinsberg's Test. See Tests, Table 



of- 



Autocarpous (aiu-to-kar* '-pus) [avroc, self; nap— 6c, 

 fruit]. In biology, said of a fruit consisting of a supe- 

 rior and free ovary. 



Autocatheterism (aw-to-kath' '-et-er-izm) [avroc, self; 

 KaSeTtjp, a catheter]. The passage of a catheter by 

 a person upon himself. 



Autocatheterist (aw-to-kath' '-et-er-ist) [avroc, self; 

 KadcTT/p, a catheter] . One who practises autocatheter- 

 ism. 



Autocatheterization (aw-to-kath-et-er-iz-a'-shun). The 

 process of catheterizing one's self. 



Autochthon (aw-tok' '-thuti) [avro^duv, sprung from the 

 land]. An aboriginal inhabitant. 



Autochthonous {aw-tok' -thon-us) [airroxdw, sprung 

 from the land]. Aboriginal; formed (as a clot) in 

 the place where it is found. 



Autocinesis (aw- to- sin- e / -sis') [avroc, self; k'ivjjoic, mo- 

 tion]. Motion that is voluntary, or apparently so. 



Autocinetic (aw-to-sin-ef -ik) [avroc, self; nivrjaiq, mo- 

 tion]. Possessed of the power of spontaneous motion. 



Autoclave (aw'-to-klav) [avroc, self; c'avis, a key]. 

 I. Self-fastening; closing itself. 2. An instrument for 

 sterilizing or killing germ-life by steam-heat, the gauge 

 indicating automatically the pressure, and therefore the 

 degree of heat, to which the microorganism is sub- 

 jected. 



Autodiagnosis (aw-to-di-ag-nc/ -sis) [avroc, self; 

 oidyvuoic , a discovering] . Self-diagnosis ; the morbid 

 impression sometimes possessed by a patient that he is 

 aft ected with some particular disease. This impression 

 may amount to a fixed and dominant idea. 



Autodidact (aw' -to-di-daki) [airoc, self; didaicrog, 

 taught]. One who is self-taught in his profession. 



Autodigestion (aw-to-di-jes'-chun) [avroc, self; digere, 

 •to digest]. Digestion of the walls of the stomach by 

 the gastric juice consequent upon loss of the epithe- 

 lium, or upon other gastric disease. Autopepsia. 



Autogamous (aw-tog' -am-us) [avroc, self; yauoc. mar- 

 riage]. In botany, a name applied to flowers that are 

 habitually self- fertilizing. 



Autogenesis (aw-to-jen' -es-is) [avr6c, self; yeveaic, 

 production]. Spontaneous generation ; self- production. 



Autogenetic (aw-to-jen-ef -ik) [avroc , self ; yeveaic , pro- 

 duction]. Developed by or due to autogenesis ; pro- 

 duced, as disease, within the organism ; not enthetic. 



Autogenous (aw-toj' -en-us) [avroc, self; 'yeveaic, pro- 

 duction]. Pertaining to diseases or conditions self- 

 producing within the body and not derived from exter- 

 nal or objective sources ; applied to poisons generated 

 in the body by its inherent processes, — e. g., puerperal 

 fever has been falsely supposed to be due to self-gen- 

 eration of the septic material. 



Autographic (aw-to-graf'-ik) [avroc, self; ypaoeiv, to 

 write]. Self-registering. A. Skin, a condition of 

 vaso-motor paralysis, usually in hysterical patients, in 

 which markings made upon the skin form quite per- 

 sistent and intensely red traces. A. Woman, one 

 with an Autographic Skin. 



Autographism taw'-to-graf-izm) [avrdc, self; ypatfteiv, 

 to write]. The condition observed in the so-called 

 autographic skin ; dermographism. See Urticaria 

 faclitia. 



Autographist (aw' -to-graf-ist) [avroc, self; ypdipeiv, to 

 write] . One who has an autographic skin. 



Autohypnotism (aw-to-hip'-not-izm) [ai-rdc, self; 

 - c, sleep]. Mental stupor induced by dwelling in- 

 tensely upon some all-absorbing delusion. See also 

 Statuvolence. 



Autoinoculation (aw-to-in-ok-u-la'-shun) [avroc, self; 

 inoculare, to implant]. Reinoculation by virus ob- 

 tained from the same person. 



Autointoxication (aw-to-in-toks-ik-a' -shun). See Au- 

 totoxic. 



Autokinesis (aw-to-kin-e'-sis) [avroc, self; tuvrjaic, 

 movement]. I. Voluntary movement ; movement not 

 reflex or allokinetic. 2. Movement that is appar- 

 ently not volitional, but that arises from causes within 

 the organism. 



Autokinetic (aw-to-kin-et' -ik)[avrdq, self; idvqcic, move- 

 ment]. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, autokinesis. 



Autolaryngoscopy (aw-to-lar-ing-gos' -ko-pe) [avrdc T 

 self; X&pvyf, the larynx ; CKorcelv, to examine]. The 

 examination of one's larynx by himself. 



Auto-massage (aw-to-mas-sahzh') [avroc, self; fiatr- 

 aetv, to knead]. Self-massage ; therapeutic manipula- 

 tions of the body performed by the patient himself. 



Automatic (aw-to-mat'-ik) [avrouariZeiv, to act spon- 

 taneously]. Performed without the influence of the 

 will. A. Plugger, an instrument adapted for pound- 

 ing gold foil in the cavities of teeth. 



Automatism (aw-tom' -at-izm) [avrouariZeiv, to act 

 spontaneously]. The performance of acts without 

 apparent volition, as seen in certain somnambulists 

 and in some hysterical and epileptic patients. 



Automatograph (aw-to-mat' -o-graf) [avrouariZeiv, to 

 act spontaneously ; ypaoeiv, to record]. An instru- 

 ment for registering involuntary movements of the hand. 



Automaton (aw-tom' -at-on) [avrouaroc, spontaneous]. 

 One who acts in an involuntary or mechanical man- 

 ner. A. Blowpipe. See Blowpipe. 



Automysophobia \aw-to-mis-o-fo* '-be-ah) [avrdc, self; 

 fiianr, filth; o63oc, fear]. Insane dread of personal 

 uncleanliness. 



Autonomy [an'-ton'-o-me) [avroc, self; vduoc, law]. 

 The independent existence of a disease or of a materies 

 morbi within the organism. 



Autonyctobatesis [aiv-tc-nik-to-bat-e' -sis) [avroc, self; 

 night ; Saiveiv, to walk]. Somnambulism. 



Autopathic (aw-to-path' -ik) [avrdc, self ; irddoc, suffer- 

 ing]. The same as Endopathic. 



Autopepsia (arv-to-pep' -se-ah) [avroq, self; rze—retv, to 

 digest]. Autodigestion. 



Autophagia (aw-to-pha' -je-ah) [avroc, self; fyaye'iv, to 

 eat]. Self-consumption; emaciation. 



