ALL meanings of autochthony
au·toch·tho·nous
A a - adjective autochthony pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous). 1
- adjective autochthony 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 autochthony 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 autochthony Geology. (of rocks, minerals, etc.) formed in the region where found. Compare allochthonous. 1
- noun autochthony An aboriginal condition or state. 1