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Webster 1913 Edition
Heterotopy
{
Hetˊer-ot′o-pism
,Hetˊer-ot′o-py
, }Noun.
[
Hetero-
+ Gr. [GREEK] place: cf. F. hétérotopie
.] 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.