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 Het·er·ot·o·pism Het·er·ot·o·py n.
 1. Med. A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
 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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