autochthonous
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
autochthonous (not comparable)
- Native to the place where found; indigenous.
- (biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
- 1983, Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey, volume 80, page 538:
- 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.
- 1983, Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey, volume 80, page 538:
- (geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
- 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al., Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time, page 83:
- Death and burial may be simultaneous, resulting in a preserved snapshot of an autochthonous assemblage that may be compared directly with present day ecosystems.
- 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al., Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time, page 83:
- (native to the place where found) aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, native
- (native to the place where found) allochthonous
- French: autochtone
- German: autochthon
- Italian: autoctono
- Portuguese: autóctone
- Russian: коренно́й
- Spanish: autóctono
- Portuguese: autóctone
- Russian: автохто́нный
- Portuguese: autóctone
- Russian: автохто́нный
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