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het·er·o·ge·ne·ous [ hèttərō jnee əss ] or het·er·og·e·nous [ hèttə rójjənəss ]

adjective

Definition:

1. consisting of dissimilar parts: consisting of parts or aspects that are unrelated or unlike each other

2. unrelated: not related or similar

3. chemistry with two or more phases: describes a chemical substance that has two or more phases

4. medicine not from same body: originating outside the body, from another individual or species

[Early 17th century. < medieval Latin heterogeneus< Greek heterogenēs "other kind" < heteros "other" + genos "kind"]

het·er·o·ge·ne·ous·ly adverb

het·er·o·ge·ne·ous·ness noun