A disease or condition caused by autotoxic substances, particularly poisons produced within the organism's own body.
From autotoxic + -osis (disease condition). A medical diagnosis term from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
In the late Victorian era, doctors blamed a mysterious condition called 'autotoxicosis' for countless ailments, theorizing that the intestines were poisoning the body—while the diagnosis was overstated, it did highlight the real importance of digestive health.
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