1. Different from the type; abnormal. 2. Subject to the direction or control of another; not self-governing. Cf.:autonomous. [hetero- + G. nomos, law]
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het·er·on·o·mous .het-ə-'rän-ə-məs adj specialized along different lines of growth or under different controlling forces <in most segmented animals...the segmentation is \heteronomous (Libbie H. Hyman)>
het·er·on·o·mous·ly adv
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het·er·on·o·mous (het″ər-onґə-məs) [hetero- + nom- + -ous] in biology, subject to different laws of growth; specialized along different lines.Medical dictionary. 2011.