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heterotopism

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Het`er`ot´o`pism
n.1.(Med.) A deviation from the natural position; - a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2.(Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
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: Brain
heterotopy.
See also: Biology


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