heterotaxy

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heterotaxy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heterotaxy \Het"er*o*tax`y\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? an arrangement,
     fr. ? to arrange.] (Biol.)
     Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form;
     heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the
     deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the
     ordinary or typical arrangement. Heterotopism

heterotaxy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heterotaxy
      n 1: any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn:
           transposition, heterotaxy]