What does autologous mean?
Autologous means Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor)..
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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.
Use autologous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Autologous means Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor)..
Common synonyms include autogeneic.
Possible antonyms include allogeneic, allologous, homologous, heterologous.
When she relapsed with metastatic breast cancer after exhausting all conventional therapies, her doctors suggested an autologous bone marrow transplant as a last resort.
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