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heterogenous
[ het-uh-roj-uh-nuhs ]
adjective
- having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
heterogenous
/ ˌhɛtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs /
adjective
- biology med not originating within the body; of foreign origin Compare autogenous
a heterogenous skin graft
Word History and Origins
Origin of heterogenous1
Example Sentences
Nutrition interventions are challenging to study—particularly in critically ill people, who are a heterogenous group.
Angels appear in combination with various heterogenous objects, in many of which, however, the so-called Angel is simply a Cupid.
Provisionally this genus has been grouped with the Ratitae, which at any rate are a heterogenous assembly.
It was really Alfred's first appearance before a heterogenous audience.
I never eat on trains, filled with the heterogenous vibrations of worldly people.
A council, consisting of such heterogenous materials, never did and never will amalgamate well together.
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