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Webster 1913 Edition


Heteroplastic

Hetˊer-o-plas′tic

,
Adj.
[
Hetero-
+
-plastic
.]
(Biol.)
Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.
Haeckel.

Definition 2024


heteroplastic

heteroplastic

English

Adjective

heteroplastic (comparative more heteroplastic, superlative most heteroplastic)

  1. (pathology) Of, or relating to heteroplasm
  2. (surgery) Of a graft between individuals of different species
  3. (botany) Of cells possessing plastids from two or more parent cells or organisms.