heterogeneous
adjective
different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
heterogeneously
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a word derived from
heterogeneous.
Example Sentences
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Forty-year-old Raineau has heterogeneously dense breast tissue, something she learned only after being diagnosed with Stage 2 HER2-positive hormone-negative breast cancer in 2024.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
For those with dense breasts, it’s important to know that there are two levels of density: heterogeneously dense and extremely dense.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
The results came back clear, but with a caveat—"the breast tissue is heterogeneously dense, which could obscure detection of small masses" — and a recommendation: a routine follow-up in one year.
From Salon ● May 28, 2023
I did have an elevated risk factor, though: that "heterogeneously dense" breast tissue that appeared in my mammogram.
From Salon ● May 28, 2023
The other moments, those queerly, heterogeneously tumbled-together impressions, are the things which happen over again every time one thinks of them.
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
