Au`to*sug*ges"tion (?), n. [Auto- + suggestion.] (Med.)

Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs.

 

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