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heteronymous
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heteronymous /het·er·on·y·mous/ (-ĭ-mus) standing in opposite relations.
heteronymous
[het′əron′iməs]
Etymology: Gk, heteros, different, onyma, name
1 having different names; the opposite of synonymous.
2 pertaining to an optical phenomenon in which two images are produced by one object.
3 abnormal.


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