self-propagate

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ propagate.

Verb

self-propagate (third-person singular simple present self-propagates, present participle self-propagating, simple past and past participle self-propagated)

  1. (intransitive) To reproduce without outside help.
    • 2021 March 1, Anderson, K.N., Overcast, W.B., Brosch, J.R., Graner, B.D., Veronesi, M.C., “Prionopathies and Prionlike Protein Aberrations in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in American Society of Neuroradiology, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, pages 127-148:
      The prionopathies are best known among the neurodegenerative diseases for their ability to misfold, self-propagate, and infect other organisms.
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