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autochthonous /au·toch·tho·nous/ (aw-tok´thah-nus)

1. originating in the same area in which it is found.

2. denoting a tissue graft to a new site on the same individual.

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au·toch·tho·nous (ô-tkth-ns)

adj.

1. Native to the place inhabited; indigenous.

2. Originating in the place where found. Used of a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is.

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autochthonous

[ôtok′thənəs]

Etymology: Gk, autos, self, chthon, earth

relating to a disease or other condition that appears to have originated in the part of the body in which it was discovered.

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autochthonous

1. originating in the same area in which it is found.

2. denoting a tissue graft to a new site on the same individual.