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]
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au·toch·tho·nous (')ȯ-'täk-thə-nəs adj
1 a) indigenous or endemic to a region <\autochthonous malaria>
b) contracted in the area where reported <\autochthonous cases of malaria in the U.S.>
2) originated in that part of the body where found used chiefly of pathological conditions
au·toch·tho·nous·ly -lē adv
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adj.
1. remaining at the site of formation. A blood clot that has not been carried in the bloodstream from its point of origin is described as autochthonous.
2. originating in an organ without external stimulus, like the beating of the heart.
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au·toch·tho·nous (aw-tokґthə-nəs) [Gr. autochthōn sprung from the land itself] 1. found in the place of formation; not removed to a new site. 2. denoting a tissue graft to a new site on the same individual.Medical dictionary. 2011.