auto-, aut- +

1. Not requiring a meal of blood to produce eggs, such as some mosquitoes.
2. A reference to a female insect that does not have to feed on anything in order to facilitate maturation of her eggs.

Autosuggestion or a process by which an individual trains the subconscious mind to believe something, or systematically organizes the person's own mental associations, usually for a given purpose.

This is accomplished through self-suggestion methods or repetitive, constant self-affirmations, and may be seen by some as a form of "self-induced brainwashing".

Whatever one thinks, whether with a negative attitude or a positive belief, it will usually determine what the results will be!

1. A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
2. The synthesis of chemical compounds or structures in the living organism.

1. Recognition of one's own character, tendencies, and peculiarities.
2. Knowledge of or about oneself.
3. Self-knowledge, in particular that which is gained through psychoanalytic interpretation.

Spontaneous generation.

1. A tissue or organ grafted into a new position in or on the body of the same individual.
2. Tissue or an organ transplanted from one site to another within or on the same individual.

Also called: autogenic graft, autologous graft, autoplastic graft, autotransplant, autochthonous graft, autologous graft, and autoplast.

The transplantation of an sutograft; also called: autotransplantation, autoplasty.

The marking of the skin, usually in red, white, or black wheals. It is most often seen after rubbing the skin frimly with a blunted point

1. A person's own signature or handwriting.
2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
3. A handwritten signature; especially, the signature of a famous person.

Someone who writes by hand; self writing.

1. The act of writing something by hand or “self writing”.
2. A copy of a document or text handwritten by its creator.
3. To write one’s signature on something; such as, a book or photograph.

Someone who speaks or writes in a smug or self-aggrandizing way about his/her life or accomplishments. Said to be coined by Bernard Lewis, professor emeritus at Princeton University.

1. A self-aggrandizing writing about one's life or accomplishments.
2. A "reverently-written" presentation about one's own life and achievements.

Dependent upon the presence of autologous blood.

1. Haemolysis (destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells into the blood plasma) occurring in certain diseases as a result of an autohemolysin (an autoantibody that acts on the red blood cells in the same person in whose body it is formed).
2. Hemolysis of the blood cells of a person by his own serum.