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Definition of Heterotaxy
1. Noun. Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.
Definition of Heterotaxy
1. n. 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.
Definition of Heterotaxy
1. Noun. (dated) heterotaxis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Heterotaxy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterotaxy
Literary usage of Heterotaxy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"heterotaxy. UNDER this category are here included a variety of deviations from
... The term heterotaxy is intended to apply to the production of organs in ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"The heterotaxy involves, therefore, not only the important organs displayed in
... A considerable number of cases of this remarkable heterotaxy have been ..."
3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"heterotaxy.—This term is used by Masters for the cases in which a new organ, or
structure, appears in unusual places, as leaf buds and flower buds on a root ..."
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