heterology

Noun

het=er=ol=o=gy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

heterology(n = noun.attribute) Array - (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts; Array

Derived forms adjective heterologic₁, adjective heterological₁, adjective heterologous₂, adjective heterologous₁

heterology, n. [Hetero- + -logy.].

The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology. [1913 Webster]
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology. [1913 Webster]