heterologous
adjective
het·er·ol·o·gous ˌhe-tə-ˈrä-lə-gəs 
: derived from a different species
heterologously adverb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Authorization of this booster possibility would then offer even more heterologous booster possibilities. 
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 July 2022 For example, the cure rate of Clostridioides difficile with heterologous FMT is up to 90 percent. Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 30 June 2022 Of the 98 participants, 50 went on to get another Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dose for their booster (homologous booster), while the remaining 48 received a Moderna booster (heterologous booster). Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 May 2022 Scientists have long suspected that heterologous prime-boosts sometimes work better than two identical doses. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021 Nowhere among them was a question about whether J&J vaccine recipients ought to get a heterologous boost, in other words a boost with a different vaccine. Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021 This strategy is technically known as a heterologous prime-boost. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021 There’s no provision on the schedule for a vote on heterologous boosting. Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021 India’s drugs authority has now approved a full-length study into a heterologous prime-boost of the two vaccines that make up most of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme. Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 12 Aug. 2021 See More
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 July 2022 For example, the cure rate of Clostridioides difficile with heterologous FMT is up to 90 percent. Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 30 June 2022 Of the 98 participants, 50 went on to get another Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dose for their booster (homologous booster), while the remaining 48 received a Moderna booster (heterologous booster). Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 May 2022 Scientists have long suspected that heterologous prime-boosts sometimes work better than two identical doses. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021 Nowhere among them was a question about whether J&J vaccine recipients ought to get a heterologous boost, in other words a boost with a different vaccine. Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021 This strategy is technically known as a heterologous prime-boost. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021 There’s no provision on the schedule for a vote on heterologous boosting. Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Oct. 2021 India’s drugs authority has now approved a full-length study into a heterologous prime-boost of the two vaccines that make up most of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme. Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 12 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
heter- + -logous (as in homologous)
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
heterologous
adjective
het·er·ol·o·gous ˌhet-ə-ˈräl-ə-gəs
1
: derived from a different species
heterologous DNAs
heterologous transplants
compare autologous, homologous sense 2a 2
: characterized by cross-reactivity
a heterologous vaccine protects against pathogenic antigens that cross-react with antibodies induced by antigens in the vaccine