Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Produced independently of an external cause or influence.

    The autogenous factors that affect mergers require further study.

  2. (not comparable)Developed from an independent centre of ossification.

More definitions
  • originating within the body

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From auto- + -genous.

From auto- + -genous.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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