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au·toch·tho·nous A0533700 (ô-tŏk′thə-nəs) also au·toch·tho·nal (-thə-nəl) or au·toch·thon·ic (ô′tŏk-thŏn′ĭk)adj.1. Originating or formed in the place where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folk tales. See Synonyms at native.2. Ecology Native to or produced within a system: an autochthonous species; algae that provide an autochthonous source of nutrients in a lake.
au·toch′thon·ism, au·toch′tho·ny n.au·toch′tho·nous·ly adv.autochthonous (ɔːˈtɒkθənəs) , autochthonic or autochthonaladj1. (Geological Science) (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed. Compare allochthonous2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) inhabiting a place or region from earliest known times; aboriginal3. (Physiology) physiol (of some functions, such as heartbeat) originating within an organ rather than from external stimulation auˈtochthonism, auˈtochthony n auˈtochthonously advau•toch•tho•nous (ɔˈtɒk θə nəs) also au•toch′tho•nal,
adj. 1. aboriginal; indigenous. 2. native to or formed in the place where found. 3. Pathol. located in a part of the body in which it originated, as a cancer or infection. 4. Psychol. of or pertaining to ideas that originate independently of normal modes of thought or influences, as an obsession or schizophrenic construct. [1795–1805] au•toch′tho•nism, au•toch′tho•ny, n. au•toch′tho•nous•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  autochthonous - of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formedallochthonous - of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed | | 2. |  autochthonous - originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"autochthonal, autochthonic, indigenous, endemicnative - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" |
autochthonousadjectiveExisting, born, or produced in a land or region:aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous, native.TranslationsautochthonousenUK
autochthonous[ȯ′täk·thə·nas] (ecology) Pertaining to organisms or organic sediments that are indigenous to a given ecosystem. (geology) Having been formed or occurring in the place where found. autochthonousenUK
autochthonous [aw-tok´tho-nus] 1. originating in the same area in which it is found; said of pathological processes.2. denoting a tissue graft to a new site on the same individual.au·toch·thon·ous (aw-tok'thon-ŭs), 1. Native to the place inhabited; aboriginal. 2. Originating in the place where found; said of a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is located. [auto- + G. chthon, land, ground, country] au·toch·thon·ous (aw-tok'thŏn-ŭs) 1. Native to the place inhabited; aboriginal. 2. Originating in the place where found; said of a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is. [auto- + G. chthon, land, ground, country]autochthonous Native to a particular place, thus a term sometimes used to describe an AUTOGRAFT.autochthonous (of peat) derived from plants that lived on the site of its formation. Compare ALLOCHTHONOUS.autochthonousenUK
Synonyms for autochthonousadj existing, born, or produced in a land or regionSynonyms- aboriginal
- autochthonal
- autochthonic
- endemic
- indigenous
- native
Synonyms for autochthonousadj of rocks, deposits, etc.Antonymsadj originating where it is foundSynonyms- autochthonal
- autochthonic
- indigenous
- endemic
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