autologous
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autologous
adjective
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Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).
When she relapsed with metastatic breast cancer after exhausting all conventional therapies, her doctors suggested an autologous bone marrow transplant as a last resort.
Similar: autogeneic
Opposite: allogeneic, allologous
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adjective
Opposite: allogeneic, allologous
Talk about this word "autologous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/autologous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. autologous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/autologous "autologous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/autologous.Cite this
@misc{autologous_2026,
title = {autologous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autologous},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
