Heterotaxy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heterotaxy \Het"er*o*tax`y\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? an arrangement,
     fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.)
     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. Heterotopism



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heterotaxy
       n : any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn: {transposition}]