autologous
- a derived from organisms of the selfsame individual
autologous blood donation
- Still, despite the boost given to autologous donation when President Reagan mentioned it during a recent interview, the panel did not look kindly on its use by people who simply .
- Some have autologous transplants, in which their own marrow is harvested and returned to them later; others must search for allogeneic transplants from donors--usually relatives.
- A third is increasingly being used in elective surgery: autologous transfusion, in which patients are given blood that they had donated and banked for themselves.