Autochthonous

Quick meaning: Autochthonous is an adjective meaning Native to the place where found; indigenous.

Meaning

Native to the place where found; indigenous.

More Meanings

1. (biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
2. (geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.

Example Sentences

Death and burial may be simultaneous, resulting in a preserved snapshot of an autochthonous assemblage that may be compared directly with present day ecosystems.

Only human beings could live on this world and know that they were not autochthonous but had stemmed from Earthmen—and yet did the Spacers really know it or did they simply put it out of their mind?

It analyzes exceptionalism in terms of institutional authority, adjudicative method, and substantive doctrine, and it shows how exceptionalism derives from the idea of autochthonous Native sovereignty.

When, in 1858, Joseph Lister amputated the right leg of a six-year-old girl suffering from gangrene, he noted that the autochthonous blood clot extended down the anterior tibial artery as far as the commencement of the gangrene.

Synonyms for autochthonous

Depending on context, synonyms include aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, native, endemic, autochthonal.

Antonyms for autochthonous

Common opposites include allochthonous, heterochthonous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include indigenous, autochthonic, autochthonal, native, endemic, home-grown.

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