| 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) |
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| heterophil haemolysin | A sensitizing antibody that can combine with red blood cells of various species (in addition to those used as the antigen in stimulating the formation of the haemolysin), resulting in haemolysis when the proper amount of complement is present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophile antibody | <immunology> An antibody raised against an antigen from one species that also reacts against antigens from other species. Also used of Forssman type systems where antibody against antigens from a variety of species is present without immunisation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| heterophile antigen | An antigen or antigenic determinant which is found in different tissues in more than one species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophonia | 1. The change of voice at puberty. 2. Any abnormality in the voice sounds. Synonym: heterophthongia. Origin: hetero-+ G. Phone, voice (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophony | <medicine> An abnormal state of the voice. Origin: Hetero- + Gr. Voice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterophoria | A tendency for deviation of the eyes from parallelism, prevented by binocular vision. Origin: hetero-+ G. Phora, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophthalmus | A seldom-used term for a difference in the appearance of the two eyes, usually due to heterochromia iridis. Synonym: allophthalmia. Origin: hetero-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophthongia | Synonym: heterophonia. Origin: G. Heterophthongos, fr. Heteros, different, + phthongos, sound, voice (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heterophyes | A genus of digenetic flukes (family Heterophyidae) parasitic in fish-eating birds and mammals, including man; cercariae from infected snails penetrate and encyst in fish, which are eaten by the final hosts. Origin: hetero-+ G. Phye, stature, form Heterophyes brevicaeca, a species reported from man in the Philippines and implicated in heart lesions caused by the eggs of this minute fluke, carried from the intestinal mucosa to obstruct coronary capillaries. Heterophyes heterophyes, the Egyptian intestinal or small intestinal fluke, a species infecting the small intestine and caecum in man and other fish-eating mammals in Egypt and the Far East. Heterophyes katsuradai, a species, somewhat smaller than Heterophyes heterophyes, found in Japan. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophyiasis | Infection with a heterophyid trematode, particularly Heterophyes heterophyes. Synonym: heterophyidiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophyid | Common name for a member of the family Heterophyidae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophyidae | A family of intestinal flukes of the class trematoda which occurs in animals and man. Some of the genera are heterophyes, metagonimus, cryptocotyle, stellantchasmus, and euryhelmis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heterophyidiasis | Infection with a heterophyid trematode, particularly Heterophyes heterophyes. Synonym: heterophyidiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterophyllous | <botany> The presence on a single individual of two or more distinct leaf shapes. These leaves may differ markedly in shape, yet have similar gross anatomical organisation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| heterozygosity |
The proportion of individuals heterozygous at a locus; the state of being heterozygous. See also heterozygous.
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| heterochromatin |
Chromatin that remains condensed throughout the cell cycle and is generally inactive.
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| heteroplasmy |
Extranuclear inheritence, usually in reference to the inheritence of mtDNA from the father.
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| heterosis |
The phenomenon in which the heterozygous genotypes with respect to one or more characters are superior in comparison with the corresponding homozygous genotypes in terms of growth, survival, phenotypic expression, and fertility.
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| heterozygosity |
A measure of the genetic variation in a population; with respect to one locus, stated as the frequency of heterozygotes for that locus.
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