Au-to-gē'ne-al or Au-tōg'e-noüs, a.

a. [Gr. αὐτογενής, from αὐτός, self, and γένειν, γίγνεσθαι, Lat. genere, gignere, to bring forth.] 1. Generating itself. 2. (Anal.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.

The centrum and several of the apophyses of a vertebra are autogenous, while other apophyses are exogenous. Owen.

☞ Applied improperly to the process of soldering by melting together parts of two metals united.