autoinoculation

noun — 2 senses

autoinoculation

noun

Etymology From auto- + inoculation.

1

inoculation into oneself (as of modified cells)

2

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences The spread of a disease to another part of the body via inoculation

Related terms
autoinoculable, autoinoculate

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