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Webster 1913 Edition

Heterochrony

{

Hetˊer-och′ro-nism

,

Hetˊer-och′ro-ny

, }

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] of different times; [GREEK] other + [GREEK] time.]

(Biol.)

In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.