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heterotopia [ˌhɛtərəʊˈtəʊpɪə], heterotopy [ˌhɛtəˈrɒtəpɪ] n (Medicine / Pathology) abnormal displacement of a bodily organ or part [from New Latin, from hetero- + Greek topos place] heterotopic , heterotopous adj heterotopy, heterotopia, heterotopism a condition in which normal tissue is misplaced, especially in the brain, so that masses of gray matter are found in the white matter. See also biology.. — heterotopous, adj. See also: Braindeviation from the normal ontogenetic sequence with regard to the placing of organs or other parts. Also heterotopism. See also brain. — heterotopous, adj. See also: BiologyHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He returns to Foucault's for this use of the term heterotopia so he can explain how he sees the great metropolises of London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. 5,6) Other differential diagnoses include intracranial astrocytoma or meningioma with nasal extension, neuroglial heterotopia, lymphoma/plasmacytoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, angiofibroma, lethal midline granuloma and, rarely, carcinoid tumor. Even non-attachment from views is expressed through Trimbur's mode of direct experimentation, a "rhetoric of dissensus," that, "lead[s] students to demystify the normal workings of discourse communities" and "'turn the conversation in the collaborative classroom into a heterotopia of voices--a heterogeneity without hierarchy" (616). |
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