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English Dictionary: heterotaxy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterotaxy
n
  1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn: transposition, heterotaxy]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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