Dictionary entry

Autocatalysis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Au′to‐ca‐tal″y‐sis (?), n. [Auto- + catalysis.] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. — Au′to‐cat′a‐lyt″ic (#), a.