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heterology

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Heterology \Het`er*ol"o*gy\, n. [Hetero- + -logy.]
   1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in
      type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to
      their being composed of different elements, or of like
      elements in different proportions; variation in structure
      from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

   2. (Chem.) The connection or relation of bodies which have
      partial identity of composition, but different
      characteristics and properties; the relation existing
      between derivatives of the same substance, or of the
      analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl
      alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in
      heterology with each other, though each in at the same
      time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf.
      {Homology}.

Source : WordNet®

heterology
     n : (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar
         body parts
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