adj :  not uniform in structure or composition <tumors which have a composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis -Yr. Bk. of Endocrinology>  <the beam of x ray is not … monochromatic but , containing wavelengths over a large range -Medical Physics>  het*ero*ge*neous*ly adv 
 
    
 
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