Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Autogenous \Au*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + root of ? to be
   born.]
   1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.

   2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of
      ossification. --Owen.

   {Autogenous soldering}, the junction by fusion of the joining
      edges of metals without the intervention of solder.