Usually means: Difference between structure and function.
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  1. heterology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. heterology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heterology: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heterology: Vocabulary.com
  5. heterology: Wordnik
  6. heterology: Wiktionary
  7. heterology: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. heterology: Dictionary.com
  9. Heterology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. heterology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. heterology: Rhymezone
  12. Heterology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. heterology: FreeDictionary.org
  14. heterology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. heterology: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. heterology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterology: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Heterology: MedFriendly Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterology)

noun:  (biology) A lack of correspondence between biomolecules or body parts (e.g., proteins, tissues, bones, limbs) that reflects a difference in origin.
noun:  (grammar) The property of a word or phrase that does not describe itself.

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