Medical Definition of Heterotopy
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1. A deviation from the natural position; a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2. A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
Origin: Hetero- + Gr. Place: cf. F. Heterotopie.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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