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		czrnb on July 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The biological basis for sex differences in autoim... I think GP meant it's not shorthand for automatic

coldtea on July 15, 2021 [–]

Yep. Automatic, autonomous, all are from auto (self), automatic being "doing by itself", autonomous being "governing itself" (or "self-sufficient"), etc.

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