Found 2 items, similar to Heterologous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heterologous heterologous adj 1: not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin [syn: heterologic, heterological] [ant: analogous, homologous] 2: derived from organisms of a different but related species; “a heterologous graft” [ant: autologous, homologous]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heterologous Heterologous \Het`er*ol"o*gous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? proportion.] Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs. [1913 Webster] Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body. [1913 Webster]