heterotopy
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English
Etymology
From hetero- + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -y.
Noun
heterotopy (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopies)
- (biology) A deviation from the natural position; abnormal placement.
- (biology) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to take place over thousands of years by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “heterotopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)