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autochthonous

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au⋅toch⋅tho⋅nous

  [aw-tok-thuh-nuhs]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous ).
2. Pathology.
a. found in the part of the body in which it originates, as a cancerous lesion.
b. found in a locality in which it originates, as an infectious disease.
3. Psychology. of or pertaining to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
4. Geology. (of rocks, minerals, etc.) formed in the region where found. Compare allochthonous.
Also, au⋅toch⋅tho⋅nal, au⋅toch⋅thon⋅ic  [aw-tok-thon-ik] .

Origin:
1795–1805; autochthon + -ous

Related forms:
au⋅toch⋅tho⋅nism, au⋅toch⋅tho⋅ny, noun
au⋅toch⋅tho⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
au⋅toch⋅tho⋅nous⋅ness, noun
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au·toch·tho·nous   (ô-tŏk'thə-nəs)   
adj.  

  1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales. See Synonyms at native.

  2. Biology Originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.

au·toch'thon·ism, au·toch'tho·ny n., au·toch'tho·nous·ly adv.
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Main Entry: au·toch·tho·nous
Pronunciation: (')o-'täk-th&-n&s
Function: adjective
1 a : indigenous or endemic to aregion <autochthonous malaria> b : contracted in the area where reported <autochthonous cases of malaria in the United States>
2 : originated in that part of the body where found —used chiefly of pathological conditions —au·toch·tho·nous·ly /-lE/ adverb
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autochthonous au·toch·tho·nous (ô-tŏk'thə-nəs)
adj.

  1. Native to the place inhabited; indigenous.

  2. Originating in the place where found. Used of a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is.

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