ALL meanings of autochthonic
au·toch·tho·nous
A a - adjective autochthonic pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous). 1
- adjective autochthonic Pathology. found in the part of the body in which it originates, as a cancerous lesion. found in a locality in which it originates, as an infectious disease. 1
- adjective autochthonic Psychology. of or relating to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source. 1
- adjective autochthonic Geology. (of rocks, minerals, etc.) formed in the region where found. Compare allochthonous. 1
- noun autochthonic Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. 1