Autologous involves a situation where the donor and recipient (of blood, skin, etc.) are the same person.
Autologous envolve uma situação onde o doador e o receptor (de sangue, pele, etc.) são a mesma pessoa.
| Front | autologous \ah-TOL-uh-guhs\ |
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| Back | adjective Involving a situation in which the donor and the recipient (of blood, skin, bone, etc.) are the same person. [From Greek auto- (self) + -logous (as in homologous), from logos (proportion, ratio, word). Earliest documented use: 1911.] "They talked about autologous fat transfer, where they extract the fat from your behind and stick it in your face -- cheek to cheek, as it were." - Isabel Wolff; A Vintage Affair; Bantam; 2010. |
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