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HETEROLOGOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Derived from organisms of a different but related species

Example:

a heterologous graft

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

autologous (derived from organisms of the selfsame individual)

homologous (corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species)

Derivation:

heterology ((biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin

Synonyms:

heterologic; heterological; heterologous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Antonym:

analogous (corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin)

homologous (having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function)

Derivation:

heterology ((biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts)

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