Having an affinity for cells of a different species. [hetero- + G. kytos, cell, + trope, a turning toward]
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het·ero·cy·to·tro·pic (het″ər-o-si″to-troґpik) [hetero- + cyto- + -tropic] having an affinity for cells of different species; see under antibody.Medical dictionary. 2011.