Heterophyes
Heterophyes Het·er·oph·y·es (hět’ə-rŏf’ē-ēz’)
n.
A genus of trematode worms parasitic in fish-eating birds and mammals, including humans.
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heterophyiasis het·er·o·phy·i·a·sis (hět’ə-rō-fī-ī’ə-sĭs) n. Infection with trematodes of the genus Heterophyes.
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[het-er-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌhɛt ər əˈfɪl əs/ adjective, Botany. 1. having different kinds of leaves on the same plant. /ˌhɛtərəʊˈfɪləs; ˌhɛtəˈrɒfɪləs/ adjective 1. (of plants such as arrowhead) having more than one type of leaf on the same plant Also anisophyllous
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[het-er-uh-fahyt] /ˈhɛt ər əˌfaɪt/ noun, Botany. 1. a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte. heterophyte (hět’ər-ə-fīt’) A plant that obtains its nourishment from other living or dead organisms. For example, Indian pipe is a pale white plant without chlorophyll that obtains its nutrition from fungal symbionts. […]
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[het-er-uh-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] /ˌhɛt ər əˈpleɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə/ noun, Pathology. 1. the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer. heteroplasia het·er·o·pla·sia (hět’ə-rō-plā’zhə, -zhē-ə) n.
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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 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 […]