heterochronicadj.
/ˌhɛt(ə)rəʊˈkrɒnɪk/ Biology and Pathology.
a. ‘Occurring at different times; irregular; intermittent: applied to the pulse’ (Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1854).
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1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) , Heterochronicus Heterochronus..heterochronic: heterochronous: applied to the pulse.
b. Occurring or developed at an abnormal time.
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1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 5 We may..designate the general morbid processes as Heterochronic and Heterotopic.
Derivatives
heterochronia n. /ˌhɛt(ə)rəʊˈkrəʊnɪə/
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > development at abnormal time
heterochronia1876
heterochrony1876
heterochronism1879
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 355 They are developed at a time when their presence is an abnormality (Heterochronia).
heterochronism n. /hɛtəˈrɒkrənɪz(ə)m/
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > development at abnormal time
heterochronia1876
heterochrony1876
heterochronism1879
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > formation or regeneration of parts > development at an abnormal time
heterochronism1879
1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. i. 13 Kenogenetic ‘displacements in time’, or ‘Hetero-chronisms’.
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heterochroˈnistic n.
heteˈrochrony n. the occurrence of a process, or development of a tissue, organ, or organic form, at an abnormal time.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > development at abnormal time
heterochronia1876
heterochrony1876
heterochronism1879
1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. (1877) I. 502 Entire organs which, during the serial genesis of the type, came comparatively late, come in the evolving individual comparatively soon. This Prof. Haeckel has called heterochrony.
1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. i. 13 By heterotopy the sequence in position is vitiated; by heterochrony the sequence in time is vitiated.
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