auto mime's is

The continued reproduction of mental impre ions, sometimes 92 resulting in the morbid conviction of being affected with a certain disease. [Gr., 1autos, self, -fmimeisthai, to mimic. auto mysophobia (aw"to-mis-o-f o'be-ah) A form of phobia characterized by a. dread fear.] of personal uncleanline . [Gr., autos, self, + mysos, dirt, -fphobos, autonomic, auton'omous. 1. Acting spontaneously. 2. Governed by its own laws independent of other organisms, of other parts of the organism, and of external influences. 3. Name applied in general to the system of nerve fibers innervating the glands and plain muscles of the body. The fibers of the autonomic system consist of a preganglionic fiber arising in the brain or cord and a postganglionic fiber arising in a sympathetic nerve-cell. [Gr., auto nom law.] ous, from autos, of itself, + nomos, a auton'omy. Independence in function; the condition of being governed by its own laws, without reference to other ti ues, organs, or systems; said of parts of an organism. [Gr., auto no mia.]