‖ heteroplasia Path.
(ˌhɛtərəˈpleɪzɪə)
Also anglicized as heteroplasy (-ˈɒpləsɪ).
[f. Gr. ἑτερο- hetero- + πλάσις moulding, formation: F. hétéroplasie.]
The formation of a tissue different from the normal tissue of the part in which it occurs.
| 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex., Heteroplasia, Heteroplasis, terms for abnormal organic formation: heteroplasy. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 354 The so-called Heteroplasia, Heterologous new-formations, that is to say, tissues which bear little resemblance to normal tissues. |