1. Self-treatment. ... 2. Spontaneous cure. ... Synonym: autoserotherapy. ... 4. An obsolete method of treating disease by the administration of the patient's own pathologic excretions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. Self-treatment. 2. Spontaneous cure.
autotherapy, autotherapist 1. The spontaneous cure of a disease; self cure. 2. The treatment of a disease with filtrates from a patient`s secretions. 3. Treatment of one`s own infirmity (illness).