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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heterologous \Het`er*ol"o*gous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr ? proportion.] Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as heterologous organs. {Heterologous stimulus}. (Physiol.) See under {Stimulus}. {Heterologous tumor} (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heterologous adj 1: (biology) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin [syn: {heterologic}, {heterological}] [ant: {analogous}, {homologous}] 2: derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft" [ant: {autologous}, {homologous}]
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