het·er·och·ro·ny
n, pl -nies 1 : deviation from the typical embryological sequence of formation of organs and parts as a factor in evolution 2 : irregularity in time relationships : specif : the existence of differences in chronaxies among functionally related tissue elements het*er*och*ro*nous adj
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