| heteroplastic graft | <surgery> A surgical graft of tissue from one species onto or into individuals of unlike species, genus or family. Also know as a heteroplastic graft. See: xenotransplantation. (11 May 1997) |
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| heteroplastid | The graft in heteroplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteroplasty | Synonym: heterotransplantation. 2. Formerly, transplantation of any graft other than an autograft. Origin: hetero-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteroploid | A different chromosome number than the normal number of chromosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heteroploidy | The state of a cell possessing some number of complete haploid sets other than the normal. Origin: hetero-+ G. Ploides, in form (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteropod | <zoology> One of the Heteropoda. See: Heteropodous. Origin: Cf. F. Heteropode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteropoda | <zoology> An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Other + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteropodous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteropolar bond | Bond between atoms or groups carrying opposite charges (or, in some cases, partial charges). Synonym: heteropolar bond, salt bridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteropolysaccharide | A polysaccharide composed of two or more different types of monosaccharides. Compare: glycan, homoglycan. Synonym: heteroglycan. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteroproteose | See: primary proteose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteropsychologic | Relating to ideas developed from without or derived from another's consciousness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteroptera | <zoology> A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera. Origin: NL, from Gr. Other + a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteroptics | False optics. Origin: Hetero- + optics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heteropyknosis | Any state of variable density or condensation, usually in different chromosomes or between different regions of the same chromosome; a region may be attentuated (negative h) or accentuated (positive h). Origin: hetero-+ G. Pyknos, dense (05 Mar 2000) |