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het⋅er⋅oe⋅cism

  [het-uh-ree-siz-uhm]
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–noun Biology.
the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
Origin:
1870–75; heter- + Gk oik(ía) house + -ism

Related forms:
het⋅er⋅oe⋅cious  [het-uh-ree-shuhs] , adjective
het⋅er⋅oe⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
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het·er·oe·cious   (hět'ə-rē'shəs)   
adj.  Spending different stages of a life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. Used of parasites such as rust fungi and tapeworms.

[hetero- + Greek oikiā, house; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots + -ous.]
het'er·oe'cism (-sĭz'əm) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: het·er·oe·cious
Pronunciation: "het-&-'rE-sh&s
Function: adjective
: passing through the different stages in thelife cycle on alternate and often unrelated hosts <heteroecious insects> —het·er·oe·cism /-'rE-"siz-&m/ noun
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heteroecious het·er·oe·cious (hět'ə-rē'shəs)
adj.
Spending different stages of a life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. Used of parasites such as rust fungi and tapeworms.

het'er·oe'cism (-sĭz'əm) n.

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heteroecious   (hět'ə-rē'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to a parasite that spends different stages of its life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. The term is used especially of certain kinds of rust fungi, but may also be applied to other parasites like tapeworms. Compare autoecious.
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