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A difference in coloration in two structures.

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  • The term heterochromia iridium is sometimes used to describe one eye with distinctly different patches of color.
  • The expression of two different eye colors in an animal is called heterochromia irides.
  • Reuenthal was born with a rare eye condition called heterochromia iridum (both eyes are a different colour), which was used as proof that his mother was an adulterer.
  • Valerie has heterochromia, meaning she has one blue eye and one green eye.
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