AUTACOID


Meaning of AUTACOID in English

— autacoidal , adj.

/aw"teuh koyd'/ , n. Physiol.

any physiologically active internal secretion, esp. one of uncertain classification, as histamine or prostaglandin.

[ 1910-15; AUT- + Gk ák ( os ) remedy + -OID ]

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