'Heterologous' definitions:
Definition of 'heterologous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin [syn: heterologous, heterologic, heterological] [ant: analogous, homologous]
adjective
Derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft" [ant: autologous, homologous]
Definition of 'Heterologous'
From: GCIDE
- 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]