autospecific

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, auto- +‎ specific, or, by surface analysis, auto- +‎ spec(ies) +‎ -ific.

Adjective

autospecific (not comparable)

  1. (biology, medicine, of antigens, traits, etc, uncommon) Specific to the self (an individual).
    Coordinate terms: allospecific, xenospecific; idiotypic, allotypic, isotypic; autologous, autogeneic, autogenous, allogeneic, allogenous, allogenic, isogeneic
  2. (biology, medicine, of antigens, traits, etc, rare) Specific to the same species.
    Synonym: conspecific
    Coordinate terms: allospecific, xenospecific
    Near-synonym: intraspecific
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