The term heterotaxy is intended to apply to the production of organs in situations where, under usual circumstances, they would not be formed. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
He had suffered since birth from a disease called heterotaxy, in which his heart was transposed with other organs, restricting blood and oxygen flow. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News] Reference
Great veins, including patients with heterotaxy syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [Pediatric cardiac diagnosis and testing] Reference
Single ventricle defects include hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tricuspid atresia, double inlet left ventricle, some heterotaxy defects and others. From Wordnik.com. [Single Ventricle Heart Defects] Reference
Lee had been the longest living survivor of heterotaxy in the Pittman family before his death. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News] Reference
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