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Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.

An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.

Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [Obs.]

That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment. Cudworth.

Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.

A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer.

In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also, the catcher himself.

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds.

Relating to the blastophore.

That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.

The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

See Catopter.

A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror. [Obs.]