heterologous definition - Dictionary

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het·er·ol·o·gous [ hèttə rólləgəss ]

adjective

Definition:

1. medicine from different species: derived or taken from a different species

2. immunology not corresponding: describes an antigen and an antibody that do not correspond to each other

3. biology in unusual location: not normally found in the part of the body in which it has been found

4. biology differing in structure and origin: describes organisms or parts that differ from each other in structure or origin

[Mid-19th century. <hetero- + Greek logos "relation, ratio"]

het·er·ol·o·gous·ly adverb