auto-, aut- +

The phenomenon of seeing one's double, usually in the form of a hazy face and upper torso that mimics one's own gestures and expressions. It may be a symptom of temporoparietal pathology.

Also called autoscopic phenomenon and autoscopic hallucination.

To make sensitive to the body's own tissues; subject to autosensitizaton.

1. Septicemia originating with microorganisms existing within the individual and not introduced from outside the person.
2. Septicemia arising from microorganisms within the body; also endosepsis.

The treatment of certain conditions, such as dermatoses, by injection of the patient’s own blood serum; also autotherapy.

The usually larger component of abnormal, unequally conjoined twins that is able to live independently and nourish the other parasitic component.

Pertaining to or of the nature of an autosite.

Smelling one's own body odor.

1. The sensation that an amputated portion of the body is still present.
2. A patient's lack of awareness of a bodily defect, as in the phantom limb of an amputee.

A reference to autosomatognosis.

A chromosome other than a sex chromosome (other than one that determines sex), normally occurring in pairs in somatic cells and singly in gametes in spermatozoa.

The belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself.

A device used for therapeutic self-spraying.

An Italian term for a highway for motor traffic only.

1. The dwelling upon an idea, thought, or concept, thereby inducing some change in the mental or bodily functions.
2. The process by which a person induces self-acceptance of an opinion, belief, or plan of action.
3. A suggestion arising from oneself, as the repetition of verbal messages for changing one's behavior.
4. The process by which someone's perceptions, behavior, or physical condition may be altered by means of his or her power of suggestion; also, sometimes known as "self hypnosis".

A permanent peripheral arterial dilatation resulting from the destruction of sympathetic nerve functions by an endogenous process; such as, the neuropathy that accompanies diabetes mellitus.