1 definition found 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. [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]
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