Heterotopism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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