HETEROGENEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterogeneous mean? 

• HETEROGENEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective HETEROGENEOUS has 2 senses:

1. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

2. originating outside the body

  Familiarity information: HETEROGENEOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROGENEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

Synonyms:

heterogeneous; heterogenous

Context example:

the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous

Similar:

assorted; miscellaneous; mixed; motley; sundry (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds)

disparate (including markedly dissimilar elements)

inhomogeneous; nonuniform (not homogeneous)

Also:

diversified (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety)

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

varied (characterized by variety)

Antonym:

homogeneous (all of the same or similar kind or nature)

Derivation:

heterogeneity; heterogeneousness (the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Originating outside the body

Synonyms:

heterogeneous; heterogenous

 Context examples 

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein D0 (355 aa, ~38 kDa) is encoded by the human HNRNPD gene.

(Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D0, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1, plays a role in both the processing and transport of mRNA.

(HNRNPA2B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein D0, plays a role in the catabolism of RNA.

(HNRNPD wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B (353 aa, ~37 kDa) is encoded by the human HNRNPA2B1 gene.

(Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A2/B1, NCI Thesaurus)

The hnRNPs are produced by RNA polymerase II and they form a component of the heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) complexes.

(Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A/B, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A heterogeneous mixture of six antibiotic peptides obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis.

(Gramicidin, NCI Thesaurus)

A description of heterogeneous density elements seen in a tissue composition image obtained by sonography.

(Heterogeneous Echotexture, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M, is involved in RNA splicing regulation.

(HNRNPM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3, is involved in the regulation of cytoplasmic RNA trafficking.

(HNRPA3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Heterogeneous materials comprised of nanoparticles and plastic resin to provide added strength and desirable thermal attributes.

(Nanocomposite, NCI Thesaurus)