heterogenous

[ het-uh-roj-uh-nuhs ]

adjectiveBiology, Pathology.
  1. having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.

Origin of heterogenous

1
First recorded in 1685–95; hetero- + -genous

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British Dictionary definitions for heterogenous

heterogenous

/ (ˌhɛtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs) /


adjective
  1. biology med not originating within the body; of foreign origin: a heterogenous skin graft Compare autogenous

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