Defn: Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
HETEROTOPISM; HETEROTOPY Het`er*ot"o*pism, Het`er*ot"o*py, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. hétérotopie.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A deviation from the natural position; — a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
HETEROTRICHA
Het`e*rot"ri*cha, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
HETEROTROPAL; HETEROTROPOUS Het`er*ot"ro*pal, Het`er*ot"ro*pous (, a. Etym: [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way; hétérotrope.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.