\Au*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + root of ? to be
born.]
1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.
2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of
   ossification. --Owen.
{Autogenous soldering}, the junction by fusion of the joining
   edges of metals without the intervention of solder.

\Au*tog"e*nous\, a.
Autogenetic.