Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heterologous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heterologous \Het`er*ol"o*gous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ?
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 {Stimulus}.
{Heterologous tumor} (Med.), a tumor differing in structure
from the normal tissues of the body.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heterologous
adj 1: (biology) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary
origin [syn: {heterologic}, {heterological}] [ant: {analogous},
{homologous}]
2: derived from organisms of a different but related species;
"a heterologous graft" [ant: {autologous}, {homologous}]
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