Medical Term:
heteroplasia
Pronunciation: het′ĕr-ō-plā′zē-ă
Definition:
- Development of cytologic and histologic elements that are not normal for the organ or part in question, as the growth of bone in a site where there is normally fibrous connective tissue.
- Malposition of tissue or a part that is otherwise normal, as a ureter that develops at the lower pole of a kidney.
Synonym(s): alloplasia
[hetero- + G. plasis, a forming]
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