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heterotopy (medicine)


heterotopy


1. <medicine> A deviation from the natural position; a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

2. <biology> A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.

Origin: Hetero- + Gr. Place: cf. F. Heterotopie.

Source: Websters Dictionary