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      heterologous
      adjective
      derived from organisms of a different but related species
      not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
      Roots
      heteroshetero- · Greek · different, otherlogoslog- · Greek · ratio, proportionosus-ous · Latin · having, characterized by
      Words related to heterologous
      xenogeneicadjhomologousadjautologousadjallogeneicadjallogenicadjnonhomologousadjlysatevrecombinantadjxenogenicadjhomologicaladjsyngeneicadjchimericadjisoantigenvwildtypehomologicallyadvpolynucleotidenhomologicadjnonrecombinantadjexogeneticadjepitopenphenotypicallyadvauxotrophplasmodialbaculovirusleucoplastidpolyclonalalloantigenvantigenehomologynidiotype

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