Autointoxication
(aw-to-in-toks-ik-a' -shun) AUTOISOLYSIN 120 AUTOTOXIN [auto-; xo^cnbv, a poison]. Poisoning by faulty metabolic products elaborated with- in the body; autoinfection. A., Endo- genous, that due to the action of excessive unneutralized or modified discharges from the cells of any tissue acting upon the other tissues without previous discharge from the body; or that due to the action of products of decomposition and necrosis of any tissue acting in a similar manner; or that due to microendoparasites or macroendoparasites.
A., Exogenous, that due to the action of poisons entering the system from without, through the skin, the digestion, the respiratory or genitourinary tract, as by the absorption of retained excreta, or of decomposition- and fermentation-products developed in the external secretions through the action of those secretions. A., Indirect, that caused by the absorption of retained excrements.
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