| heteronymous | Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. Het"eron"ymously. Origin: Hetero- + Gr. "onyma, for "onoma a name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| heteronymous diplopia | crossed diplopia |
| heteronymous hemianopia | Attitudinal hemianopia involving the upper field of one eye and the lower field of the other; or a binasal or bitemporal hemianopia. Synonym: crossed hemianopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteronymous image | A double image in physiological diplopia, when fixation is directed beyond an object; the right image arises from the left eye, while the left image arises from the right eye; i.e., there is a crossed diplopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteronymous parallax | The apparent movement of an object toward the closed eye; noted in exophoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteropagus | Unequal conjoined twins in which the imperfectly developed parasite is attached to the ventral portion of the autosite. See: conjoined twins. See: epigastrius. Origin: hetero-+ G. Pagos, fixed (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteropathy | <medicine> That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy. See: Heteropathic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteropelmous | <anatomy> Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. Origin: Hetero- + Gr. The sole of the foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterophagi | <zoology> Altrices. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Other + to eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterophagy | Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance phagocytosed from the cell's environment. Origin: hetero-+ G. Phagein, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophasia | Synonym: heterolalia. Origin: hetero-+ G. Phasis, speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophemia | Heterophemy Synonym: heterolalia. Origin: hetero-+ G. Pheme, a speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophil | Heterophile 1. The neutrophilic leukocyte in man; in some animals the granules vary in size and staining reaction. 2. Pertaining to heterogenetic antigens occurring in different species or to antibodies directed against such antigens. Origin: hetero-+ G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophil antibody | A heterogenetic antibody specific for the Forssman group of heterogenetic antigens. Synonym: heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophil antigen | An antigen which is possessed by a variety of different phylogenetically unrelated species; e.g., the various organ-or tissue-specific antigen's, the alpha-and beta-crystalline protein of the lens of the eye, and Forssman antigen. Synonym: heterophil antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |