English Explanatory Dictionary

autotherapy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
  2. Self-treatment of a medical condition.
  3. Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.

Word forms

autotherapy autotherapies

Etymology

From auto- + therapy.

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