heterogenous
having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
Origin of heterogenous
1Words that may be confused with heterogenous
- heterogeneous, heterogenous , homogeneous, homogenous
Words Nearby heterogenous
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How to use heterogenous in a sentence
Nutrition interventions are challenging to study—particularly in critically ill people, who are a heterogenous group.
Increasing protein intake could help patients recover from the ICU | Alla Katnelson/Undark | August 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAngels appear in combination with various heterogenous objects, in many of which, however, the so-called Angel is simply a Cupid.
The History of Signboards | Jacob LarwoodProvisionally this genus has been grouped with the Ratitae, which at any rate are a heterogenous assembly.
It was really Alfred's first appearance before a heterogenous audience.
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. FieldI never eat on trains, filled with the heterogenous vibrations of worldly people.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
A council, consisting of such heterogenous materials, never did and never will amalgamate well together.
Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat | Edmund Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for heterogenous
/ (ˌhɛtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs) /
biology med not originating within the body; of foreign origin: a heterogenous skin graft Compare autogenous
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