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English
Etymology
From heteronym + -ous.
Adjective
heteronymous (comparative more heteronymous, superlative most heteronymous)
- Of, or relating to a heteronym.
- Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.
- (ophthalmology) Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)
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