{ Het`er*ot"o*pism (?), Het`er*ot"o*py (?), }
n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? place: cf. F.
hétérotopie.] 1.(Med.)A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the
case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2.(Biol.)A deviation from the
natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of
years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.