heterogenousadj.
1. Diverse in character or content; not homogeneous.Often regarded as a misspelling of heterogeneous.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > miscellaneous or heterogeneous
difform1525
maslin1590
several1590
heterogeneana1601
miscellane1603
heterogeneal1605
miscellaneous1615
heterogeneous1629
miscellany1629
miscellanean1632
miscellaneal1633
stromatic1656
sundry1678
heterogenous1695
sorted1697
well-assorted1757
various1772
misc.1806
variegated1815
olla-podrida-ish1827
unhomogeneousa1830
olla-podridical1830
heterologous1834
non-homogeneous1853
cut-and-paste1864
assorted1897
sorty1899
inhomogeneous1904
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard > anomalous
anomalc1525
heteroclital1593
heteroclite1598
anomalous1606
heteroclitic1632
anomalar1635
heteroclitous1648
extravagant1650
extraordinary1703
heterogeneous1760
heterogenous1760
rogue1952
1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 62 Heterogenous Quantities cannot be compared alternately.
1760 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (ed. 2) II. cccxvii. 359 I am afraid I shall carry but a very heterogenous Dress along with me.
1812 Examiner 11 May 303/1 Of the most opposite and heterogenous kind.
1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xxxii. 234 The owner..was wearing one of his most effulgent and heterogenous club neckties.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Heterogenous,..2. Heterogeneous.
1971 Nature 20 Aug. 586/1 A very heterogenous collection of twenty articles discusses basic physiology of the small intestine.
1972 Nature 10 Mar. 78/1 A heterogenous population of schizophrenic patients.
2. Surgery. [probably directly < Greek γένος race.] Of transplanted tissue:† a. = homogenous adj. 2, homoplastic adj. 2. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective] > between individuals of same species
heterogenous1909
homoplastic1909
homoeoplastic1913
homoeotransplanted1915
homologous1915
homogenous1919
homoeografted1920
isoplastic1923
homotransplanted1939
homografted1952
1909 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 23 Dec. 916/1 Whether heterogenous grafts are taken from a living or from a dead subject, there is with them some likelihood of failure to form permanent skin.
b. = heteroplastic adj. 3.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective] > between individuals of different species
zooplastic1888
heteroplastic1898
heterotransplanted1920
heterogenous1939
heterografted1961
1939 S. Fomon Surg. Injury & Plastic Repair ii. 107 Failure of heterogenous transplants.
1949 Eichelbaum & Turner in M. Thorek Mod. Surg. Technic (ed. 2) II. xxix. 1149/1 The heterogenous graft..has been abandoned in favor of the homogenous graft which as an autogenous graft is now in the widest use.
1965 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Aug. 380/1 Results with the processed heterogenous bone transplants closely parallel those with autogenous and homogenous bone transplants.
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