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au•toe•cism
Pronunciation: (ô-tē'siz-um), [key]—
n. Mycol.
the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
Also,autecism.Also called
ametoecism. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.