Usually means: Able to reproduce its own.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word self-replicating:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-replicating: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-replicating: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. self-replicating, self-replicating: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-replicating: Wordnik
  5. self-replicating: Wiktionary
  6. self-replicating: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. self-replicating: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. self-replicating: Dictionary.com
  9. Self-replicating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. self-replicating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-replicating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. self-replicating: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-replicating)

▸ adjective:  Able to generate a copy of itself.

Similar:
duplicable, duplicatable, replicatable, self-regenerating, clonable, replicable, self-perpetuating, copiable, cloneable, generatable, more...

Opposite:
non-replicating, non-duplicating

Types:
virus, bacteria, fungus, protozoa, algae, cyanobacteria, more...

Phrases:
Self-replicating spacecraft, Self-replicating machine, Self-replicating machines in fiction, more...

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Similar:
duplicable, duplicatable, replicatable, self-regenerating, clonable, replicable, self-perpetuating, copiable, cloneable, generatable, more...

Opposite:
non-replicating, non-duplicating

Types:
virus, bacteria, fungus, protozoa, algae, cyanobacteria, more...

Phrases:
Self-replicating spacecraft, Self-replicating machine, Self-replicating machines in fiction, more...



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