Usually means: Specialization on a single host.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. autoecism: Merriam-Webster
  2. autoecism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. autoecism: Wordnik
  4. autoecism: Wiktionary
  5. autoecism: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Autoecism, autoecism: Dictionary.com
  7. autoecism: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Autoecism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autoecism: Encyclopedia

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

(Note: See autoecious as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (autoecism)

noun:  (ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
noun:  (botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.

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