| DEUTEROTOKY | • deuterotoky n. The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis. • DEUTEROTOKY n. parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced. |
| ENTEROTOXIN | • enterotoxin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria. • ENTEROTOXIN n. an intestinal toxin that causes food poisoning. |
| HETEROTAXES | • heterotaxes n. Plural of heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXIS n. the anomalous arrangement of body parts. |
| HETEROTAXIA | • heterotaxia n. Heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXIA n. the abnormal disposition of organs or parts, also HETEROTAXY. |
| HETEROTAXIC | • heterotaxic adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXIC adj. relating to heterotaxy. |
| HETEROTAXIS | • heterotaxis n. An abnormal structural arrangement. • HETEROTAXIS n. the anomalous arrangement of body parts. |
| HETEROTOPIA | • heterotopia n. (Pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body. • heterotopia n. (Ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats. • heterotopia n. (Philosophy, literary criticism) A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably… |
| HETEROTOPIC | • heterotopic adj. (Medicine) Occurring in an abnormal anatomical location. • heterotopic adj. (Ecology) Occurring in different habitats. • HETEROTOPIC adj. relating to heterotopy, displacement of an organ of the body, also HETEROTOPOUS. |
| HETEROTROPH | • heterotroph n. (Ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HETEROTYPIC | • heterotypic adj. Of or involving a different type or types. • heterotypic adj. (Genetics) Relating to the first nuclear division in meiosis. • HETEROTYPIC adj. denoting or relating to the first nuclear division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved, also HETEROTYPICAL. |
| HYSTEROTOMY | • hysterotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision in the uterus, commonly combined with a laparotomy… • HYSTEROTOMY n. a Caesarean cut. |
| UTEROTOMIES | • uterotomies n. Plural of uterotomy. • UTEROTOMY n. surgical removal of the womb. |