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heteromorphosis (s) (noun), heteromorphoses (pl)
In biology, the renewal of a missing part by a new one that is unlike or different from the piece that had been removed; neomorphosis: Heteromorphosis is the development of one tissue from a tissue of another type.

Heteromorphosis is the regeneration of a part following injury, with a structurally different replacement part.

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