Heterotrichosis


heterotrichosis het·er·o·tri·cho·sis (hět’ə-rō-trĭ-kō’sĭs)
n.
Hair growth of variegated color.

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    [het-er-uh-trof, -trohf] /ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf/ noun 1. Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. n. 1900, from hetero- + Greek trophos “feeder” (see -trophy). Related: Heterotrophic (1893). heterotroph het·er·o·troph (hět’ər-ə-trŏf’, -trōf’) n. An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent upon complex organic substances for nutrition. […]

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