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heteroblastic

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heteroblastic /het·ero·blas·tic/ (-blas´tik) originating in a different kind of tissue.
het·er·o·blas·tic (ht-r-blstk)
adj.
Developing from more than a single type of tissue.

heteroblastic
[het′ərōblas′tik]
Etymology: Gk, heteros + blastos, germ
developing from different germ layers or kinds of tissue rather than from a single type. Compare homoblastic.

heteroblastic [het″er-o-blas´tik]
originating in a different kind of tissue.

heteroblastic
originating in a different kind of tissue.


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