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autogenetic

American  
[aw-toh-juh-net-ik] / ˌɔ toʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk /

adjective

  1. self-generated.

Other Word Forms

  • autogenetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of autogenetic

First recorded in 1885–90; auto- 1 + genetic

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Commonly the source of chronic gastro-intestinal uncleanliness, of dyspepsia, of autogenetic poisons and auto-infection is inflammatory occlusion—more or less permanent or spasmodic—of some part of the lower bowel.

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