Au*ton"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. autonomie. See Autonomous.] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Fleming.
||Au*toph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; self + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Au*toph"o*by (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; fear.] Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.
Au*toph"o*ny (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; a sound.] (Med.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.
Au`to*plas"tic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Au"to*plas`ty (&?;), n. [Auto- + - plasty.] (Surg.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
{ Au*top"sic (&?;), Au*top"sic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [Obs.]
Au*top"so*rin (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; the itch.] (Med.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
Au"top*sy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; seen by one's self; &?; self + &?; seen: cf. F. autopsie. See Optic, a.] 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
By autopsy and experiment.
Cudworth.
2. (Med.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post- mortem examination.
{ Au*top"tic (*tp"tk), Au*top"tic*al (-tk*al), } a. [Gr. a'ytoptiko`s: cf. F. autoptique.] Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
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Au*top"tic*al*ly (*tp"t*kal*l), adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.
{ Au`to*sche`di*as"tic (`t*sk`d*s"tk), Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al (-s"t*kal), } a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do hastily. See Schediasm.] Extemporary; offhand. [R.] Dean Martin.
Au`to*styl"ic (&?;), a. [Auto- + Gr. sty^los pillar.] (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
Au"to*the`ism (&?;), n. [Auto- + theism.] 1. The doctrine of God's self- existence. [R.]