heterology
1Heterology — Het er*ol o*gy, n. [Hetero + logy.] 1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions;… …
2heterology — A departure from the normal in structure, arrangement, or mode or time of development. * * * het·er·ol·o·gy räl ə jē n, pl gies a lack of correspondence of apparently similar bodily parts due to differences in fundamental makeup or origin… …
3heterology — n. [Gr. heteros, different; logos, discourse] The lack of similarity between structures due to different components or of a different derivation; see anology, homology …
4heterology — /het euh rol euh jee/, n. 1. Biol. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts. 2. Pathol. abnormality; structural difference from a type or normal standard. [1850 55;… …
5heterology — noun A lack of correspondence between parts that reflect a difference in origin Ant: homology …
6heterology — n. abnormality, departure from the norm (Biology) …
7heterology — het·er·ol·o·gy …
8heterology — /hɛtəˈrɒlədʒi/ (say hetuh roluhjee) noun 1. Biology the lack of correspondence of organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts. 2. Pathology abnormality; structural difference from a type or normal standard …
9heterology — noun (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts • Derivationally related forms: ↑heterologic, ↑heterologous, ↑heterological • Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science …
10heterologic — adjective not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin • Syn: ↑heterologous, ↑heterological • Ant: ↑analogous (for: ↑heterologous), ↑homologous (for: ↑ …
