Het`er*ot"o*pism (?), Het`er*ot"o*py (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. place: cf. F. h'et'erotopie.]
1. Med.
A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2. Biol.
A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
© Webster 1913.