also  het*ero*mor*phous  adj 1  :  deviating from the usual form  2  :  unlike in form or size - used specif. of synaptic chromosomes <the X and Y chromosomes constitute a pair>  < bivalents>  - compare HOMOMORPHIC2   het*ero*mor*phism n 
 
 
 
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