| 单词 |
heterogenous |
| 释义 |
heteˈrogenous, a.
1. A less correct form of heterogeneous. (In mod. use prob. repr. the pronunc. |hɛtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs| given by some speakers to heterogeneous: cf. homogenous (homogeneous a. ¶ ).)
1695W. Alingham Geom. Epit. 62 Heterogenous Quantities cannot be compared alternately. 1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) II. 260, I am afraid I shall carry but a very heterogenous dress along with me. 1812Examiner 11 May 303/1 Of the most opposite and heterogenous kind. 1916[see club necktie (club n. 19)]. 1961Webster, Heterogenous = Heterogeneous. 1971Nature 20 Aug. 586/1 A very heterogenous collection of twenty articles discusses basic physiology of the small intestine. 1972Ibid. 10 Mar. 78/1 A heterogenous population of schizophrenic patients.
2. Surg. [prob. directly f. Gr. γένος race.] Of transplanted tissue:
†a. = homogenous a. 2, homoplastic a. 2. Obs.
1909Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 23 Dec. 916/1 Whether heterogenous grafts are taken from a living or from a dead subject, there is with them some likelihood of failure to form permanent skin.
b. = heteroplastic a. 3.
1939S. Fomon Surg. Injury & Plastic Repair ii. 107 Failure of heterogenous transplants. 1949Eichelbaum & Turner in M. Thorek Mod. Surg. Technic (ed. 2) II. xxix. 1149/1 The heterogenous graft..has been abandoned in favor of the homogenous graft which as an autogenous graft is now in the widest use. 1965Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Aug. 380/1 Results with the processed heterogenous bone transplants closely parallel those with autogenous and homogenous bone transplants. |
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