Usually means: Composed of diverse, different elements.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterogenous: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterogenous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heterogenous, heterogenous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heterogenous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heterogenous: Vocabulary.com
  6. heterogenous: Wordnik
  7. heterogenous: Wiktionary
  8. heterogenous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. heterogenous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. heterogenous: Dictionary.com
  11. Heterogenous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Heterogenous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. heterogenous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. heterogenous: Rhymezone
  15. Heterogenous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. heterogenous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. heterogenous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. heterogenous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterogenous: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. heterogenous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterogenous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Heterogenous: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. heterogenous: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. heterogenous: Medical dictionary
  7. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterogenous)

▸ adjective:  (genetics) derived from a different individual or species
▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of heterogeneous [Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.]

Similar:
heterogeneous, heterogeneic, heterogonous, heterogenic, allogeneic, hemiallogeneic, heterologous, heterogenetic, xenogeneic, allogeneous, more...

Opposite:
homogenous, uniform, consistent

Types:
diverse, differing, unlike, varied, more...

Phrases:
heterogenous graft, heterogenous vaccine, heterogenous union, heterogenous mix, more...

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Similar:
heterogeneous, heterogeneic, heterogonous, heterogenic, allogeneic, hemiallogeneic, heterologous, heterogenetic, xenogeneic, allogeneous, more...

Opposite:
homogenous, uniform, consistent

Types:
diverse, differing, unlike, varied, more...

Phrases:
heterogenous graft, heterogenous vaccine, heterogenous union, heterogenous mix, more...



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