HETEROTYPIC


Meaning of HETEROTYPIC in English

|hed.ərō+ adjective

also het·ero·typical “+

Etymology: heter- + typic or typical

1. : of or being the reduction division of meiosis as contrasted with typical mitotic division — compare homeotypic

2. usually heterotypical : of or being a genus containing groups of species showing various degrees of relationship

3. : different in kind, arrangement, or form

a heterotypic ecological community

monkeys paralyzed with one poliomyelitis virus … show no … antibody … to a heterotypic virus — Isabel M. Morgan

• het·ero·typically “+ adverb

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