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Adjective: heterologous  ,he-tu'ró-lu-gus
  1. (biology) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
    - heterologic, heterological
     
  2. Derived from organisms of a different but related species
    "a heterologous graft"

Antonym: analogous, autologous, homologous

Encyclopedia: Heterologous

Nearest

heterogeneousness
heterogenesis
heterogenous
heterogloss
heterograft
heteroicous
Heterokontae
Heterokontophyta
heterologic
heterological
heterologous
heterology
Heteromeles
Heteromeles arbutifolia
heteromerous
heterometabolic
heterometabolism
heterometabolous
heterometaboly
heteromorphic
Heteromyidae