Category: A
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Autoecholalia
Repetition of the last portion of one’s own statements.
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Autodrainage
Drainage of a cavity by the fluid passing through a channel in one’s own tissues or to the outside of the body.
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Autodiploid
Having two sets of chromosomes; caused by redoubling the chromosomes of the haploid cell.
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Autodigestion
Digestion of tissues by their own secretions, such as the digestion of the pancreas during severe pancreatitis. The deterioration of cells or tissues caused by their own secretions.
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Autodermic
To one’s own skin, especially pert, to dermatoplasty with a patient’s own skin.
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Autocytolysis
Self-digestion or self-destruction of cells.
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Autocystoplasty
Plastic repair of the bladder with grafts from one’s own body.
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Autocrine signalling
The release of self-regulatory cell molecules, especially those molecules that cause the cell that releases them to grow.
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Autoclasis
Destruction of a part from internal causes.
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Autocatheterization
Catheterization of oneself, especially urinary catheterization.