autocideとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

autocide (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 autocides)

1. (agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
   • 1975, Dennis S. Hill, Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and Their Control, 2nd ed. edition, →ISBN, page 22:

     Generally, autocide is most effective when applied to restricted populations (islands, etc.), but can be effective on parts of continents.

2. (bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
   • 2001, “Myxococcales”, in David R. Boone et al., editors, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, →ISBN, page 1065:

     Five different autocides have been isolated from Myxococcus xanthus.

3. (obsolete, まれに) A suicidal person.

語源 2

auto +‎ -cide; see auto (“automobile”).

名詞

autocide (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 autocides)

1. An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
   • 1993, December 13, Northbridge Educators Alerted to Depression Among Students‎^[1]:

     "Autocide is becoming the second most popular method for older teens to commit suicide," she said.