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Dictionary: het·er·on·o·mous   (hĕt'ə-rŏn'ə-məs) pronunciation
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adj.
  1. Subject to external or foreign laws or domination; not autonomous.
  2. Biology. Differing in development or manner of specialization, as the dissimilar segments of certain arthropods.

[HETERO- + Greek nomos, law; see -nomy + -OUS.]

heteronomously het'er·on'o·mous·ly adv.

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(hĕt'ə-rŏn'ə-məs)
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Differing in development or manner of specialization.

het'er·on'o·my n.
Veterinary Dictionary: heteronomous
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Subject to different laws; in biology, subject to different laws of growth or specialized along different lines.

 
 
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