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AUTOKINESIS

\ˌɔːtə͡ʊkənˈiːsɪs], \ˌɔːtə‍ʊkənˈiːsɪs], \ˌɔː_t_əʊ_k_ə_n_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of AUTOKINESIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Voluntary movement.
Movement of living matter accomplished without the action of any apparent contractile fibers like that of spermatozoa and white blood corpuscles, the segmentation of the ovum, etc. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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