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heterologous

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Adjective
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CIDE DICTIONARY

heterologousa. [Hetero- + Gr. proportion.].
     Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.  [1913 Webster]
Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. -- Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

heterologous, adj. not homologous.

Derivative
heterology n.

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