Medical term:

autoinoculation

[aw″to-ĭ-nok″u-la´shun]

inoculation with microorganisms from one' s own body.

au·to·in·oc·u·la·tion

(aw'tō-in-ok'yū-lā'shŭn),

Seeding or establishing an infection by transferring an organism from one area of the body to another. Patients who are asymptomatic nasal carriers of Staphylococcus may autoinoculate areas of breached skin, on other parts of the body, causing clinical infection and cellulites.

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autoinoculation

(ô′tō-ĭ-nŏk′yə-lā′shən)

1. Inoculation with a vaccine made from microorganisms obtained from the recipient's own body.

2. An infection caused by a disease that has spread from a different part of the body.

au′to·in·oc′u·la·ble adj.

autoinoculation

(1) The infection of a host with a pathogen—e.g., a virus, bacterium—which is already residing on it.
(2) An uncommonly used term for a procedure in which cells are removed from the body, treated in some fashion, then returned to the body.

au·to·in·oc·u·la·tion

(aw'tō-in-ok-yū-lā'shŭn)

A secondary infection originating from a focus of infection already present in the body.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

autoinoculation

1. Inoculation with a vaccine derived from substances from the same person's body.

2. A secondary or recurrent infection by organisms already in the body.

au·to·in·oc·u·la·tion

(aw'tō-in-ok-yū-lā'shŭn)

Seeding or establishing an infection by transferring an organism from one area of the body to another. Patients who are asymptomatic nasal carriers of Staphylococcus may autoinoculate areas of breached skin, on other parts of the body, causing clinical infection and cellulites.

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