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    au·toch·tho·nous
    [ôˈtäkTHənəs, äˈtäkTHənəs]
    adjective
    autochthonous (adjective)
    1. (of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists:
      "newly colonized islands hitherto inhabited by autochthonous people" · "roe deer of the eastern Italian Alps still represent the autochthonous Alpine populations"
      • biology
        indigenous to a particular environment, habitat, or geographical area.
    2. medicine
      (of a disease) originating in the geographical area where the patient lives; locally acquired:
      "substantial yearly increases of autochthonous infections were observed" · "764 of the new patients are autochthonous cases and eight were imported"
      • (of a pathological process or formation) remaining in or confined to its site of origin within the body:
        "autochthonous metastatic pancreas cancer"
    3. geology
      (of a deposit or formation) formed in its present position. Often contrasted with allochthonous
    Origin
    early 19th century: from auto- ‘self’ + Greek khthōn ‘earth’ + -ous.
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    adjective
    1. (of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists:
      indigenous
      native
      first
      initial
      aboriginal
      ancient
      primeval
      primordial
      autochthonic
      Opposite:
      latest
      last
       
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