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autologous (adjective)
1. From the same organism or deriving from the same individual: "Autologous donors involve situations in which the donor and the recipient of blood, bone, skin, etc. are the same person."
2. Obtained from the same individual as the one who is providing the other constituents of an experiment or study: "A reference to autologous serums, tissues, cells, etc., that are under immunologic study."
2. Obtained from the same individual as the one who is providing the other constituents of an experiment or study: "A reference to autologous serums, tissues, cells, etc., that are under immunologic study."
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autologous transfusion (s), autologous transfusions (pl) (noun forms)
A procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood several weeks before its anticipated need by the patient.
Alternatively, blood lost during a surgical procedure can be recovered from the operation site and processed for transfusion.
This method of providing blood for an individual is used to prevent the transmission of disease that can occur with the use of donor blood.
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fus-, fun-, fund-, fut-, found- +
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trans-, tran-, tra-
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