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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Hetero-

+ Gr. [GREEK] proportion.]

Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; – opposed to homologous;

as,

heterologous

organs

Heterologous stimulus

(Physiol.)

See under

–

Heterologous tumor

(Med.)

a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body.

heterologous ‎(comparative more heterologous, superlative most heterologous)

coming from another organism