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Autochthonous: (Pronounced au-toch-tho-nous)
1. Native. Poison ivy is an autochthonous plant.
2. Found in the place where it formed. As an autochthonous thrombus.
3. From the same individual. As an autochthonous graft. Or autochthonous lymphocytes.
Autochthonous is the adjective and autochthon is the noun. From auto + the Greek chthon, the earth, soil = sprung from the earth or the soil itself.
Definition of AUTOCHTHONOUS. 1: indigenous, native <an autochthonous people> 2: formed or originating in the place where found < autochthonous rock> <an autochthonous ...
adjective 1. pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous ( opposed to heterochthonous ). 2. Pathology . a. found in the part of the body in which it originates ...
Native to the place where found; indigenous. 1889, Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. I, page 375: Two of the most celebrated ...
au·toch·tho·nous (ô-t k th-n s) also au·toch·tho·nal (-th-n l) or au·toch·thon·ic (ô t k-th n k) adj. 1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous ...
Autochthonous derives from Greek autochthon, "of or from the earth or land itself," from auto-, "self" + chthon, "earth." One that is autochthonous is an autochthon.