autologous

1. 1.

   derived from organisms of the selfsame individual

   “autologous blood donation”

   Antonymshomologousheterologous

Questions about autologous

What does autologous mean?

autologous means "derived from organisms of the selfsame individual".

How many syllables are in autologous?

autologous has 4 syllables: au-to-lo-gous. The stress falls on "to".

What is the opposite of autologous?

The recorded antonyms are homologous, heterologous.

Is autologous a common word?

autologous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.