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heteroplasm

heteroplasm noun: tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.

Noun

heteroplasm (plural heteroplasms)

  1. Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.

Forms of heteroplasm

pluralheteroplasms

Origin of heteroplasm

From hetero- + plasm.

Questions about heteroplasm

What does heteroplasm mean?
Heteroplasm means tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
What part of speech is heteroplasm?
Heteroplasm is a noun.
What is the plural of heteroplasm?
The plural of heteroplasm is heteroplasms.

Words near heteroplasm in the dictionary

  1. heterophytic
  2. heterophytous
  3. heteropiid
  4. heteropiids
  5. heteroplasia
  6. heteroplasm
  7. heteroplasmatic
  8. heteroplasmic
  9. heteroplasmically
  10. heteroplasmicity
  11. heteroplasmid

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