autologous

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adjective

Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).

Similar
autogeneic
Opposite
allogeneicallologoushomologousheterologous
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English autology →
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Meanings

adjectiveautologous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDerived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).

    When she relapsed with metastatic breast cancer after exhausting all conventional therapies, her doctors suggested an autologous bone marrow transplant as a last resort.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 322

    Synonyms: autogeneic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDerived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).

Similar
autogeneic
Opposite
allogeneicallologous

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivederived from organisms of the selfsame individual

Opposite
homologousheterologous
Also see
autogeneic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishautology
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishautologous

From autology + -ous.

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APA

autologous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autologous

MLA

“autologous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autologous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autologous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autologous.

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