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Autophagous (aw-toff ' -ag-us) \avroq, self; oayeiv, to 

 eat]. In biology, self-feeding as soon as hatched. 



Autophagy (aw-toff'-a-je) \_avroc, self; <payelv, to eat]. 

 In starvation the absorption of the tissues themselves 

 for nutrition. Life may be thus continued until about 

 half the body-weight has been consumed. 



Autophilia (aw-to-fil' -e-ah) [avroq, self ; <j>iAeiv, to love]. 

 Morbid self-esteem. 



Autophobia (axu-to-fo' -be-afi) \av~6q, self; <^/3oc, fear]. 

 A morbid dread of one's self, or of solitude. 



Autophonia (aw-to-fo'-ne-a/i). See Autophony. 



Autophonomania (aw-to-fo-no-?na / -ne-ah) [avTOfovia, 

 suicide ; fiavia, madness]. Suicidal mania. 



Autophonous (aw-toff' -on-ns) \ovt6c, self; tyuvij, 

 voice]. Having the character of autophony. 



Autophony (aw-toff'-o-ne)[avr6q,se\{; <puvi/, voice]. In 

 auscultation, the peculiar quality of the physician's 

 own voice while listening to the patient's chest- 

 sounds. 



Autophthalmoscope (aw-toff-thal' '-mo-skop) , See Oph- 

 thalmoscope. 



Autophyllogeny (aw-to-fil-of -en-e) \avr6q, self; tyvKXav, 

 leaf; yaveatc;, production]. In biology, the production 

 of leaves by leaves. 



Autoplast (aw' -to-plasi) [airtic, self; wAdaaei v, to form] . 

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

 independent spontaneous origin. 



Autoplasty (cnv' -to-plas-te) \_avroq, self; nlacaeiv, 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 (ara-top'-sik) \_avr6g, self; oipig, a seeing]. 

 Relating to an autopsy. 



Autopsy (aw'-top-se) \_avr6g, self; 6ipig, a seeing]. I. 

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

 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) [avrdg, self; gkokeIv, to see]. 

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

 for the examination of an organ by oneself. 



Autoscopy (aw-tos'-ko-pe) [av~6g, self; (tkotteIv, to see]. 

 The examination of one's own organs or disease by 

 means of an autoscope. 



Autosite (aw'-to-sit) [awrdc, self ; cirog, food] . I. A mon- 

 ster 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. 



Autositic (aw-to-sif '-ik) [aiirdg, self; atrog, food]. Of 

 the nature of an autosite. 



Autostethoscope (aw-to-sleth' -o-skop) [avrdg, self; 

 OTf/Qog, the breast ; OKoireiv, to examine]. A stetho- 

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

 chest-sounds. 



Autosuggestion (aw-to-sug-Jes'-chun) \_avr6g, self; 

 suggestio, an intimation]. A term suggested by Page 

 for that peculiar mental condition, often developing 

 after railway accidents ; it is intimately associated with 

 the hypnotic state. In both of these conditions 

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

 more or less suppressed or obscured, and suggestions 

 become easy. Thus the slightest traumatic action 

 directed to any member may become the occasion of a 

 paralysis, of a contracture, or of an arthralgia. It is also 

 called traumatic suggestion. 



Autotemnon (aw-to-tern* -non) \_abr6g, self; rifiveiv, 

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



Autotherapy (aw-to-ther'-a-pe) \_nvr6g, self; Oepaireia, 

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

 disease. 



Autotoxemia (aii>-lo-toks-e'-we-ah)[avT6g, self ; Tog in6v, 

 a poison ; al/ia, blood]. Toxemia from poisons de- 

 rived from the organism itself. 



Autotoxis (aw-to-toks'-is) [avroc, self ; Tot-inov, poison]. 

 Self-empoisonment through the absorption of noxious 

 products of katabolism, as in uremia. Cf. Autointoxi- 

 cation. 



Autotoxin (aw-to-toks' -hi) \avrog, self; ro^mov, a 

 poison]. Any product of tissue -metamorphosis with- 

 in the organism that has a toxic effect upon that or- 

 ganism. 



Autotransfusion (aw-to-tranz-fu' '-zhun) [abrdg, self; 

 transfusio, a pouring from one vessel into another] . 

 The transfer of the blood to the brain and other cen- 

 tral organs by elevating the hips and legs, and by the 

 use of elastic bandages. 



Autovaccination (aw-to-vaks-in-a'-shun) \_abr6g, self; 

 vaccinare, 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'-tuni) \autumnus, autumn]. The fall of 

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

 ring in August and the fall of the year. 



Autumnal (aw-tum'-nal) [aulumnus, autumn]. Per- 

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

 of Typhoid P'ever, q. v. 



Auxanometer (awks-an-om' -et-er) [nv^dveiv, to grow ; 

 pkrpov, measure]. An instrument used in biologic 

 study for measuring the growth of young organisms. 



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

 or volume. 



Auxesis (awks-e'-sis) [av^rjaig, enlargement] . Increase 

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

 rectly used where Auxesis is meant. 



Auxetic (awks-ef '-ik) [avgyriicdg. enlargement] . Charac- 

 terized by auxesis. 



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

 ing. 



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

 vehicle or ambulance with couch and mattresses, for 

 use in the service of field military hospitals. 



Auxocardia (aivks-o-kar' -de-ali) yav^ri, an increase ; 

 Kapdia, the heart]. The normal increase of the 

 volume of the heart during diastole, in distinction 

 from meiocardia, the diminution during systole. 



Auxospore (awks'-o-spor) [(ii^elv, to grow ; airopag, 

 seed, offspring]. A large spore produced, either 

 asexually, or by conjugation, in the Diatomacese. 



Auxotonic (awks-o-ton'-ik) [avgeiv, to grow ; rdvog, 

 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 as it passes toward the muscles ■ 



Aveling's Apparatus. An apparatus employed in the 

 immediate transfusion of blood. A. Curve. The 

 S-shaped curve of the handles of obstetric forceps, 

 A. Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Avena (av-e'-nali) [L.]. A genus of plants. Oat. 

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

 the seed of the common oat plant. It contains starch, 

 gluten, a ferment called diastase, and a small amount 

 of alkaline phosphates, and is a nutritious food. Dose 

 of the concentrated tinct. or fld. ext. rt^x-gij. The 

 pericarp contains an alkaloid possessed of slight nar- 

 cotic powers. Unof. 



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

 tate made from a tincture of avena saliva, or the 

 oat. It is a nerve-stimulant and tonic. Unof. 2, A 



