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heterotaxy

Variant of heterotaxis

noun

an abnormal position or arrangement, as of rock strata or organs of the body

also heterotaxia or heterotaxy

Origin: ModL < hetero- + Gr taxis, arrangement: see taxis

Related Forms:

heterotactic adjective or heterotactous or heterotaxic

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