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heterotopism : 1. (Med.) a deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

2. (Biol.) a deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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