heteromorphosis /het·ero·mor·pho·sis/ (-mor-fo´sis) the development, in regeneration, of an organ or structure different from the one that was lost.
het·er·o·mor·pho·sis (h t  -r -môr f-s s, -môr-fss)n. 1. The development of one tissue from a tissue of another kind or type. 2. The embryonic development of a tissue or an organ inappropriate to its site. |
heteromorphosis
the development, in regeneration, of an organ or structure different from the one that was lost.
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