Heteroplastic
[het-er-uh-plas-tee] /ˈhɛt ər əˌplæs ti/
noun, plural heteroplasties. Surgery.
1.
the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
/ˈhɛtərəʊˌplæstɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal
heteroplastic het·er·o·plas·tic (hět’ə-rō-plās’tĭk)
adj.
heteroplasty het·er·o·plas·ty (hět’ər-ə-plās’tē)
n.
The surgical grafting of tissue obtained from one individual or species to another.
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[het-er-uh-plas-tee] /ˈhɛt ər əˌplæs ti/ noun, plural heteroplasties. Surgery. 1. the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species. /ˈhɛtərəʊˌplæstɪ/ noun (pl) -ties 1. the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal heteroplasty het·er·o·plas·ty (hět’ər-ə-plās’tē) n. The surgical grafting of tissue obtained from one individual or species to another.
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/ˈhɛtərəʊˌplɔɪd/ adjective 1. of a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor diploid number characteristic of the species noun 2. such a chromosome number heteroploid het·er·o·ploid (hět’ər-ə-ploid’) adj. Having a chromosome number that is not a whole-number multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species. het’er·o·ploid’ n.
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heteroploidy het·er·o·ploi·dy (hět’ər-ə-ploi’dē) n. The state of an individual or cell possessing a chromosome number other than the normal diploid number.
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[het-er-uh-poh-ler] /ˌhɛt ər əˈpoʊ lər/ adjective, Chemistry. 1. (def 4). /ˌhɛtərəʊˈpəʊlə/ adjective 1. a less common word for polar (sense 5a)