heteronomic 
Heteronomic [contact] is hypersesthesic and increases it 
I muscular energy]. Amer. Jour, of Psychol., I. 602. 
heteronomous (het-e-rou'o-mus), a. [< Gr. m- 
pof, other, different, + vouof, law.] 1 . In Trial., 
of a different kind or order in any series or set 
of related things ; differentiated or special- 
ized in some way from a common type, in ac- 
cordance with a law of adaptive modification. 
Tims, the cephalothorax of a crustacean is heteronomous 
with the abdominal segments, though both are composed 
of primitively similar metameres. 
2. Pertaining to or characterized by heteron- 
omy. 
heteronomy (het-e-ron'o-mi), H. [As heteroti- 
om-ous + -y.] 1. "Subordination or subjection 
to a law imposed by another or from without: 
opposed to autonomy. 
To substitute the moral autonomy of the conscience, 
which is a modern idea, for the heteronomy of the Divine 
will and revelation [is] a clear forsaking of Christian 
ground. Westminster lieu., CXXVI. 457. 
2. Specifically, in the Kantian ethics, subjection 
of the will to the control of the natural appe- 
tites, passions, and desires, instead of to the 
moral law of reason. 
heteronym (het'e-ro-nim), . [= F. hetero- 
ni/me, < (Jr. erep^yvfid^, having a different name, 
< erepof, other, different, + 6vv/ia, ovo/ja, name.] 
1. A word having a different sound and mean- 
ing from another, but the same spelling, as lead 1 , 
conduct, and lead 2 , a metal : distinguished from 
homonym in a narrow sense that is, a word 
having the same sound as another, but not the 
same spelling. 2. A different name of the 
same thing; a name in one language precise- 
ly translating a name in another language ; a 
linguistic synonym, having literally the same 
meaning as some other word of another lan- 
guage. [Rare.] 
Vernacular names which are more or less precise trans- 
lations of Latin names, or of names in any other language, 
may be called heteronyws. 
B. a. Wilder, Jour. Nerv. Diseases, xii. (1885). 
heteronymic (het"e-ro-nim'ik), . [< hetero- 
nym + -ic.~\ Same as lieteronymous. 
heteronymous (het-e-ron'i-mus), a. [< Gr. 
erepuvvfio^, having a different name : see hetero- 
nym.] 1. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or 
having a heteronym. 2. Of a different name: 
specifically, in optics, said of the double images 
of an object as seen under certain conditions. 
See homonymous. 
Synonymous relatives are of the same name, heterony- 
rnoun of a different name. Watts, Philosophy, p. 353. 
The eye (or the mind) instinctively distinguishes ho- 
monymous from heteronymous images, referring the for- 
mer to objects beyond, and the latter to objects this side 
of, the point of sight. Le Conte, Encyc. Brit., XXII. 539. 
Heteronymous principles, principles drawn from dif- 
ferent sciences. Heteronymous relates, things whose 
relation to one another is not reciprocal, as father and son : 
opposed to synonymous relates, as cousins, 
heteronymously (het-e-ron'i-mus-li), ade. In 
a heterouymous manner ; so as to be heterony- 
mous. 
Place one forefinger before the other in the median 
plane ; . . . when we look at the farther finger, the nearer 
one is doubled heteronymously. Le Conte, Sight, p. 120. 
heteronymy (het-e-ron'i-mi), . [< LGr. ETE- 
puvvpia, a different name, the having a different 
name, < ETcpavv/^oc, having a different name : see 
heteronym.'] 1. The relation between two or 
more heteronyms. 2. The system according 
to which heteronyms are employed. See pa- 
ronymy. 
heteroousia, Heteroousian, etc. See heteroit- 
sia, etc. 
heteropathic (het"e-ro-path'ik), a. [< heterop- 
ath-y + -f'c.J Same as allopathic. [Rare.] 
heteropathy (het-e-rop'a-thi), . [Formed af- 
ter Gr. trepoTraBcia, counter-irritation, but taken 
in a deflected sense, as in allopathy, < tTepot;, 
other, different, + TrdOof, suffering.] Same as 
allopathy. [Rare.] 
Heteropelma (hefe-ro-pel'ma), n. [NL., fern, 
of heteropelmus : see heteropelmons.] 1. In en- 
torn., a genus of ichneumon-flies, of the sub- 
family Ophionince, having the first joint of the 
hind tarsi four times as long as the second. 
There are one European and two American species. H. 
flavicornis of the United States is a common parasite of 
the larvae of Datana. 
2. A neotropical genus of birds, of the family 
Cotingidtv and subfamily Lipauginte. H. tur- 
dinum of Brazil is an example. Schiff(in Bona- 
/iin'te, 1853). 
heteropelmous (het*e-ro-pel'mus), a. [< NL. 
hcteropelmus, < Gr. ercpof, other, different, + 
a-F^fia, the sole of the foot.] In ornitli., pe- 
culiar in the disposition of the flexor tendons 
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in the sole of the foot ; having that arrange- 
ment of these which is peculiar to the trogous 
or Heterodactyli, in which each of the flexors 
splits into two tendons, and the flexor hallu- 
cis supplies the two posterior toes (first and 
second digits), while the flexor perforans sup- 
plies the two anterior toes. 
This structure, found nowhere else, we shall designate 
as heteropelmotu. Stand. Xat. Hint., IV. 369. 
Heterophagi (het-e-rof'a-ji), n. pi. [NL., pi. 
oiheterophaijus: see hetero]iliii;/oiiK.] In ornitli., 
the class of birds the young of which require 
to be fed by their parents; the altricial birds: 
opposed to Autophagi. See Altriees. 
heterophagous (het-e-rof'a-gus), a. [< NL. 
hetero2>hagm, < Gr. erepof, other, different, + 
tfxiyelv, eat.] Needing to be fed by others, as 
the young of the Heteronhat/i; altricial. 
heterophasia(het"e-ro-fa'si-a), . [< Gr. en-fiof, 
other, different, + ^dmf, a saying, (Qavai, say.] 
Inpathol., a form of aphasia in which the patient 
constantly misapplies the terms he uses. 
heterophasiac (het"e-ro-fa'si-ak), . [< Itetero- 
phasia + -ac.] One who is affected with het- 
erophasia. 
heterophemism (het*e-ro-fe'mizm), n. [< het- 
erophem-y + -ism,"] 1. Same as heterophemy. 
2. An instance of heterophemy. 
I have several examples in which creditor is used for 
debtor perhaps the most common of all heterophemisins 
in one of which a man is actually spoken of as "an ab- 
sconding creditor." R. 0. White, The Galaxy, XX. 698. 
heterophemist (hefe-ro-fe'mist), . [< hetero- 
pliem-y + -int.] One afflicted with heterophemy . 
heterophemistic (het"e-ro-fe-mis'tik), a. [< 
heterophem-y + -ist-ic.] " Pertaining to or char- 
acterized by heterophemy. 
heterophemize (het'e-ro-fe'miz), v. i.; pret. 
and pp. heteropltemized,' ppr. heterophemiziiig. 
[< heterophem-y + -ize.] To say one thing when 
another is meant. 
As Saul appeared among the prophets, so Henry Ward 
Beecher appears among the heterophemists ; and charac- 
teristically of all that he does, he heterophemize* in a very 
striking manner. R. O. White, The Galaxy, XX. 697. 
heterophemy (hefe-ro-fe'mi), . [< Gr. erepoc,, 
other, different, + $ij/i>i, a speech, saying (= L. 
J'ama, > E. fame 1 , q. v.), < <t>dvai, speak, say.] 
The saying of one thing when another is meant ; 
specifically, a disordered or morbid mental con- 
dition which leads to the saying or writing of 
one thing when another is meant; physical 
incapacity to express one's ideas in language 
conveying a correct impression. When hete- 
rophemy becomes a pronounced disease it is 
known as aphasia. Also heterophemism. 
Another incident of its manifestation is that the asser- 
tion made is most often not merely something that the 
speaker or writer does not mean to say, but its very re- 
verse, or at least something notably at variance with his 
purpose. For this reason I have called it heterophemy, 
which means merely the speaking otherwise, and which 
has relations to and illustrations in heterodoxy, hetero- 
geneous, and heteroclite. 
R. Q. White, The Galaxy, XX. 693. 
heterophonia (het'e-ro-fo'ni-a), n. [< Gr. ETE- 
pof, other, different, + ijxjv?/, sound, voice.] 
Change of voice; cracked or broken voice. 
Dunglison. 
heterophoria (het"e-ro-f6'ri-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
ETEpof, other, different, + -0opz, < Qepeiv = E. 
bear^.] A tendency of the visual axes to fail 
to meet in the fixation-point, due to weakness 
of one or more of the ocular muscles or their 
faulty innervation; insufficiency of the eye- 
muscles ; muscular asthenopia. 
heterophyadic (het'e-ro-fi-ad'ik), a. [< Gr. 
erepof, other, different, + (MGr.) 0if (ifivao-), a 
shoot, sucker, < <fivca6ai, grow.] In bot., char- 
acterized, as species of the genus Equisetum, 
by the production of two kinds of stems, one 
(usually appearing early in the spring) bearing 
the fructification, which soon withers entirely 
or at the apex, and the other bearing the sterile 
or vegetative branches. See homophyadic. 
heterophyl, heterophyll (het'e-ro-fil), n. [< 
NL. heterophyllus : see heterophyllous.] A spe- 
cies of ammonite having two forms of foliation 
or volution of the septal margins ; one of the 
Heterophylli. 
Heterophylli (het"e-ro-fil'l), n. pi. [NL., pi. of 
heterophyllnx : see heterophyllous.] A group of 
cephalopods containing those ammonites which 
have different kinds of foliation or volution of 
the septal margins. 
heterophyllous (het"e-ro-fil'us), a. [< NL. 
licti'i'upliylliis, < Gr. fTfpof, other, different, + 
dWUov, leaf.] 1. In bot., having two different 
kinds of leaves on the same stem, as Potamo- 
heteroptics 
yctou heterophyllus, which has broad floating 
leaves, with narrow leaves submerged in the 
water. 2. In sool., pertaining to or havingthe 
characters of the Heterophylli, as an ammonite. 
heterophylly (het'e-ro-fil"i), . [As hetero- 
]>/tyll-oitt> + -y.~\ In bo't., the condition of hav- 
ing leaves different from the regular form. 
Variability of species and heterophylly are characteristic 
of the flora to quite an unusual degree. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 619. 
heteroplasia (hefe-ro-pla'si-a), . [< Gr. irepof, 
other, different, + irAaait;, a forming, molding, 
< nvuunrnv, form.] Inpathol., the development 
of a form of tissue in a location where it does 
not normally occur; abnormality of tissue, as 
in tuberculosis. 
heteroplastic (het"e-ro-plas'tik), a. [< Gr. ET-E- 
pof, other, different, + irAaartufa, plastic, < Tt'f.da- 
aeiv, form.] 1. Pertaining to or characterized 
by heteroplasia. 
The myxomata often have a heteroplattic origin. 
Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, V. 100. 
2. Dissimilar in structure, as different tissues 
of the body. Thus, nerve-tissue, muscle-tissue, 
and bone-tissue are heteroplastic with reference 
one to another. 
heteropod (het'e-ro-pod), a. and . [< NL. 
heteropus (-pod-), < Gr. Tep6irovf, with uneven 
feet, < cTepor,, other, different, + mji'f (Trod-) = 
E. foot.] I. a. Pertaining to or having the 
characters of the Heteropoda. Also heteropo- 
dous. 
II, n. One of the Heteropoda. Also heterop- 
odan, 
Heteropoda (het-e-rop'o-da), n. pi. [NL., neut. 
pi. of heteropus (-pod-) : see heteropod.] Inzodl., 
a name applied to several groups, (a) In Crustacea, 
a group of amphlpods or isopods Including forms with 14 
feet, some of which are fitted for swimming. Latreille, 
1826. (6) A class of MMutca, or an order or a subclass of 
Gasteropoda; the nucleobranchiate mollusks, having the 
foot (propodium) modified into a swimming-organ or ver- 
tical lin lacking epipodia, the gills when present massed 
on the hinder part of the back, and the shell small or 
wanting. They ait- free-swimming pelagic organisms, 
of delicate, gelatinous, hyaline or transparent structure. 
There are two families, Firolidce and Atlantidce. The lead- 
ing genera of the former are Firola (or Pterotraehea) and 
Carinaria, and of the latter Atlanta and the fossil Bel- 
lerophon. Caryobranchia is a synonym, (c) A group of 
echinoderms. Also written Heteropodes. Brandt, 1SS5. 
heteropodan (het-e-rop'o-dau), n. Same as 
heteropod. 
heteropodous (het-e-rop'o-dus), a. Same as 
heteropod. 
heteropolar (het"e-ro-po'lar), a. [< Gr. ETEpof, 
other, different, 4-' KOAO$, pole: see polar.] 1. 
Having polar correspondence to something 
other than itself. 2. In morphology, having 
unequal or dissimilar poles : said of the figures 
called staiiraxonia heteropola. See stauraxotria. 
heteroproral (het'e-ro-pro'ral), a. [< Gr. 
tTEpof, other, different, + NL. prora, q. v.] 
Having unequal or dissimilar prorse, as a ptero- 
cymba ; not homoproral. 
The prows may be similar (homoproral) or dissimilar 
(heteroproral). Encyc. Brit., XXII. 418. 
heteropsychological (het"e-r6-si"ko-loj'i-kal), 
a. [< Gr. e-epof, other, different, + E. psycho- 
logical.] See extract under idiopsychological. 
heteropter (het-e-rop'ter), . A heteropterous 
insect ; one of tfie Heteroptera. 
Heteroptera (het-e-rop'te-rfi), n. pi. [NL.. 
neut. pi. of heteropterus : see hetero/)teroiis.] 
One of the two prime divisions of hemipterous 
insects founded by Latreille (1817). It is a sub- 
order of Hemiptera, contrasted with Homoptera, from 
which it differs in the horizontal posture of the head, 
which is socketed in a hollow of the prothorax, and has a 
usually 4-jointed rostrum at the tip, and in the structure 
and position of the wings, which lie flat on the back, and 
are composed of three recognizable parts, the corium, the 
clavus, and the membrana (the last being veined and over- 
lapping its fellow), with sometimes a fourth piece, the cu- 
neus, at the end of the corium. The Heteroptera are 
those insects to which the popular term bug is specially 
applicable. 
heteropteran (het-e-rop'te-ran), n. One of the 
Heteroptera; a heteropter or true bug. 
heteropterous (het-e-rop'te-rus), a. [< NL. 
Jieteropterus, < Gr. ercpof, other, different, + TTTE- 
p6v, wing.] Having diversiform wings ; having 
the wings composed of several distinct parts; 
specifically, pertaining to or having the charac- 
ters of the Heteroptera. 
heterOptlCS (het-e-rop'tiks), . [< Gr. erepof, 
other, different, -F ojrn/cof, optic: see optic, op- 
tics.] False vision ; perverted use of the eyes. 
This irregularity in vision, together with such enormities 
as tipping the wink, the circumspective roll, the side-peep 
through a thin hood or fan, must be put in the class of 
lle/empticx, as all wrong notions of religion are ranked 
under the general name of Heterodox. Spectator, No. 250. 
