Heterotopic

Word HETEROTOPIC
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Definitions and meanings of "Heterotopic"

What do we mean by heterotopic?

Occurring in an abnormal anatomic location. adjective

Grafted or transplanted into an abnormal location. adjective

Anisotropic; ælotropic: opposed to isotropic.

Same as heterotopous.

Occurring in an abnormal anatomical location. adjective

Occurring in different habitats. adjective

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The word "heterotopic" in example sentences

The procedure is called heterotopic heart transplantation, or a "piggyback transplant." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Seven years before the man showed up at the hospital, he had undergone a procedure known as a heterotopic heart transplant, in which a new heart is implanted into a patient's body to support the malfunctioning one. ❋ RICH SCHAPIRO (2012)

As their studies showed, a neuropeptide in the brain known as Substance P appears to trigger the formation of the extraskeletal bone, but through its elimination, this abnormal growth, also known as heterotopic ossification, can be prevented. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This bizarre shift of tissue systems, known as heterotopic ossification in most cases, can be brought on with spinal cord injury, amputation and even hip surgery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ROSEMONT, IL -- Marines and other military personnel who are wounded in combat as the result of a high-energy trauma, such as a bomb blast, are likely to develop an abnormality known as heterotopic ossification. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ROSEMONT, IL-Marines and other military personnel who are wounded in combat as the result of a high-energy trauma, such as a bomb blast, are likely to develop an abnormality known as heterotopic ossification. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The development of pancreatic tissue outside the confines of the main gland, without anatomic or vascular connections between them, is a congenital abnormality referred to as heterotopic pancreas. ❋ Ioannis Koutelidakis Basilios Papaziogas (2008)

Those identities were first established by the queer and heterotopic spaces constructed out of old buildings or from whole cloth by men and women whose projects at the margins of their watering places eventually became their defining elements. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've found a few paper that speak of sports fields and play areas as heterotopic, but none that tie those notions to Huizinga's concept of the play element. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Successful heterotopic segmental liver transplantation from a live donor to a patient with Alagille syndrome. ❋ Unknown (2005)

According to Haeckel, the origin of the generative products in the mesoderm is a heterotopic phenomenon, for he considers that they must have originated phylogenetically in one of the two primary layers, ectoderm or endoderm. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Heterochronic processes are such as arise through the dislocation of the proper phylogenetic order of succession: heterotopic processes in the same way are caused by a wandering of cells from one germ-layer to another. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

There are only a few reports of heterotopic bone formation at the posterior aspect of the knee (popliteal space) and fixation of both knees in extension; so, there is little experience in operative management of such a problem. ❋ Ramin Espandar (2010)

Spinal cord injury is a well-known predisposing factor for development of heterotopic ossification around the joints especially hip and elbow. ❋ Ramin Espandar (2010)

Acceptable outcome following resection of bilateral large popliteal space heterotopic ossification masses in a spinal cord injured patient: a case report ❋ Ramin Espandar (2010)

The principle reason for the impairment was fixed full extension of both knees as the result of bilateral large heterotopic ossification masses in popliteal fossae. ❋ Ramin Espandar (2010)

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