Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0165 short lesson, about 20 seconds
hetero-: Different
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The idea
The prefix hetero means different, other, or unlike.
In practice
A heterograft is tissue transplanted from a different species.
Where people slip
Different from what is set by the root, not by the prefix alone.
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