autogenously
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au·tog·e·nous
(ô-tŏj′ə-nəs) also au·to·gen·ic (ô′tə-jĕn′ĭk)adj.
1. Produced from within; self-generating.
2. Medicine Originating with the individual to whom applied: an autogenous graft; an autogenous vaccine.
au·tog′e·nous·ly adv.
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