'Heterotopy' definitions:

Definition of 'Heterotopy'

From: GCIDE
  • Heterotopism \Het`er*ot"o*pism\, Heterotopy \Het`er*ot"o*py\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? place: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rotopie.]
  • 1. (Med.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells. [1913 Webster]