autopathicadj.
/ˌɔːtəˈpaθɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈpæθɪk/, /ˌɔdoʊˈpæθɪk/, /ˌɑdəˈpæθɪk/, /ˌɑdoʊˈpæθɪk/ Medicine. Now disused.
Of a pathological process: originating within the body.
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congenial1775
congenital disease1796
ingenerate1822
autopathic1847
1847 J. Simon On Aims & Philos. Method Pathol. Res. 19 We have hitherto no approach to a physiological expression for those autopathic cachexiæ in which gout, scrofula, and cancer respectively originate.
1872 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Mar. 332/2 This cause (supposing the disease to be autopathic) is more apt to be developed in one body than in the other.
1924 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Mar. 525/2 Large livers ought to be treated on the lines of etiological considerations, although in his belief most cases from the tropics were really autopathic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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