Autogenous \Au*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + root of ? to be
born.]
1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.
2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of
ossification. --Owen.
Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining
edges of metals without the intervention of solder.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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