heteronymous

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Etymology[edit]

From heteronym +‎ -ous.

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heteronymous (comparative more heteronymous, superlative most heteronymous)

  1. Of, or relating to a heteronym.
  2. Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.
  3. (ophthalmology) Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)

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