chorista

chorista

 [ko-ris´tah] defective development due to, or marked by, displacement of primordial tissue that is histologically normal.

cho·ris·ta

(kō-ris'tă), A focus of tissue that is itself histologically normal but is not normally found in the organ or structure in which it is located; for example, tissue displaced, during development, from its normal site. Compare: choristoma. [G. chōristos, separated]

chorista

A generic term for an aggregate of normal but ectopic tissue; embryonal rests or ectopic tissue are increasingly preferred in the primary literature.

cho·ris·ta

(kō-ris'tă) A focus of tissue that is itself histologically normal, but not normally found in the organ or structure in which it is located.
Compare: choristoma
[G. chōristos, separated]