Autotyphization

/ˌɔːtətaɪfɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun

A historical medical term for the process of vaccinating someone with typhus material from their own body, an experimental early immunotherapy approach.

From auto- (self) + typhization (from typhus + -ization, process suffix). Obsolete medical terminology from experimental vaccine development.

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