Heteroplasia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The presence of a tissue or organ in an abnormal place

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alloplasiaalloplasia

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"Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and three other centers found that defects in a gene that's sensitive to hormones can lead to progressive osseous heteroplasia, or POH."

Etymology

From hetero- + -plasia.

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