What is a deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells called?
heterotopy — (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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