| heterospory | <plant biology> Condition in vascular plants where the spores are of two different sizes, the smaller producing male prothalli, the larger female prothalli. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| heterostyled | <botany> Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterostylism | <botany> The condition of being heterostyled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterostylous | <plant biology> Species in which flowers are similar except that the stigmas and antherS are held at different levels relative to each other, because style length differs between plants. Compare: homostylous. (09 Oct 1997) |
| heterosuggestion | Hypnotic suggestion received from another person; opposed to autosuggestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotactous | <biology> Relating to, or characterised by, heterotaxy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterotaxia | Abnormal arrangement of organs or parts of the body in relation to each other. Synonym: heterotaxis, heterotaxy. Origin: hetero-+ G. Taxis, arrangement (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotaxic | Abnormally placed or arranged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotaxis | Abnormal arrangement of organs or parts of the body in relation to each other. Synonym: heterotaxis, heterotaxy. Origin: hetero-+ G. Taxis, arrangement (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotaxy | <biology> Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement. Origin: Hetero- + Gr. An arrangement, fr. To arrange. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heterothallic | <plant biology> Situation in some fungi and algae in which there are two mating types and the individual thallus is self sterile even if hermaphrodite. (18 Nov 1997) |
| heterotherm | A heterothermic animal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterothermic | Having partial regulation of body temperature; between poikilothermic and homeothermic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotic | Relating to heterosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterotonia | Abnormality or variation in tension or tonus. Origin: hetero-+ G. Tonos, tension (05 Mar 2000) |