het·er·og·e·nous (h t  -r j -ns)adj. Not arising within the body; derived from another individual or species. |
heterogenous
[het′əroj′ənəs]
Etymology: Gk, heteros + genos, kind
1 having a nonuniform composition throughout.
2 derived or developed from another source or from two different sources.
xenogeneic [zen″o-jen-e´ik]
in transplantation biology, denoting individuals or tissues from individuals of different species and hence of disparate cell type. Called also heterogenous and heterologous.
heterogenous
of other origin; not originating in the body.
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