1.
[syn: heterologous, heterologic, heterological]
2. derived from organisms of a different but related species;
- Example: "a heterologous graft"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heterologous \Het`er*ol"o*gous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ?
proportion.]
Characterized by heterology; consisting of different
elements, or of like elements in different proportions;
different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.
[1913 Webster]
Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.
Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure
from the normal tissues of the body.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heterologous
adj 1: not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
[syn: heterologous, heterologic, heterological]
[ant: analogous, homologous]
2: derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a
heterologous graft" [ant: autologous, homologous]