heterologous

/het-uh-rol-uh-guhs/US // ˌhɛt əˈrɒl ə gəs //UK // (ˌhɛtəˈrɒləɡəs) //

异源,异源的,异源性,异体

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- : Medicine/Medical, Pathology. consisting of dissimilar tissue, as that of another species or that of a tumor.
- : Immunology. pertaining to an antigen that elicits a reaction in a nonspecific antibody.

Scientists who study vaccines and immunology have previously investigated the technique—which goes by the technical term heterologous prime-boost—for ebola, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases.
In a narrower sense of the word heterologous new formations are alone destructive.
A suppurative change of this nature takes place in all heterologous new formations.
Homologous reactions are arbitrarily valued as 100 per cent, and heterologous reactions are expressed accordingly.