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Meaning of "heterotopia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HETEROTOPIA

From New Latin, from hetero- + Greek topos place.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROTOPIA

heterotopia  [ˌhɛtərəʊˈtəʊpɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROTOPIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterotopia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROTOPIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heterotopia in the English dictionary

The definition of heterotopia in the dictionary is abnormal displacement of a bodily organ or part.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROTOPIA


amblyopia
ˌæmblɪˈəʊpɪə
anisometropia
ænˌaɪsəʊməˈtrəʊpɪə
cacotopia
ˌkækəˈtəʊpɪə
cecropia
sɪˈkrəʊpɪə
cornucopia
ˌkɔːnjʊˈkəʊpɪə
diplopia
dɪˈpləʊpɪə
dystopia
dɪsˈtəʊpɪə
ectopia
ɛkˈtəʊpɪə
esotropia
ˌɛsəˈtrəʊpɪə
Ethiopia
ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə
exotropia
ˌeksəˈtrəʊpɪə
hemianopia
ˌhɛmɪænˈəʊpɪə
hyperopia
ˌhaɪpəˈrəʊpɪə
myopia
maɪˈəʊpɪə
photopia
fəʊˈtəʊpɪə
pornotopia
ˌpɔːnəˈtəʊpɪə
presbyopia
ˌprɛzbɪˈəʊpɪə
scotopia
skəˈtəʊpɪə
subtopia
sʌbˈtəʊpɪə
Utopia
juːˈtəʊpɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROTOPIA

heterotactic
heterotactous
heterotaxia
heterotaxic
heterotaxis
heterotaxy
heterothallic
heterothallism
heterothally
heterothermal
heterotic
heterotopic
heterotopous
heterotopy
heterotroph
heterotrophic
heterotrophy
heterotypic
heterotypical
heterousian

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROTOPIA

ametropia
anopia
asthenopia
atropia
deuteranopia
emmetropia
haplopia
hemeralopia
hemiopia
hypermetropia
isometropia
meropia
nyctalopia
palinopia
protanopia
senopia
tritanopia

Synonyms and antonyms of heterotopia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterotopia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROTOPIA

Find out the translation of heterotopia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterotopia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterotopia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterotopía
570 millions of speakers

English

heterotopia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterotopia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتباذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетеротопия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterotopia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterotopia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérotopie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterotopia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterotopie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異所性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헤테로 토피아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterotopia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterotopia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heterotopia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेदनाशामक औषध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterotopi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterotopia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Heterotopia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетеротопія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterotopie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετεροτοπία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterotopia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterotopi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterotopia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterotopia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROTOPIA»

The term «heterotopia» is regularly used and occupies the 102.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROTOPIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heterotopia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heterotopia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterotopia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROTOPIA»

Discover the use of heterotopia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterotopia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heterotopia: Postmodern Utopia and the Body Politic
Considers the uses and dangers of utopian thinking in the postmodern world
Tobin Siebers, 1994
2
Heterotopia
In Lesley Wheeler's prizewinning second collection, the heterotopia is Liverpool, England, during the middle of the twentieth century--a time and place defined by the Blitz and the privations that followed.
Lesley Wheeler, 2010
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The Badlands of Modernity: Heterotopia and Social Ordering
The Badlands of Modernity offers a wide ranging and original interpretation of modernity in the eighteenth century.
Kevin Hetherington, 2002
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Heterotopia and the City: Public Space in a Postcivil Society
The heterotopia and the dead zone, but this can be said of any space, are real spaces but also unreal as much as they are constructed and viewed via representational space. Therefore, taking into account the subject's position, it is tempting ...
Michiel Dehaene, Lieven De Cauter, 2008
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Heterotopia: Alternative pathways to social justice
In this book we take on the challenge of exploring a potential transformation in one professional field, that of engineering, as an example of how we might break free of common dysfunctional discourses and enter what we call a counter ...
Caroline Baillie, John Reader, Jens Kabo, 2013
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Heterotopia in Angela Carter’s Fiction: Worlds in Collision
Angela Carter’s work is a collage of discourses and genres.
Eliza Claudia Filimon, 2014
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Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia
In a story as exciting as any science fiction adventure written, Samuel R. Delany's 1976 SF novel, originally published as Triton, takes us on a tour of a utopian society at war with . . . our own Earth!
Samuel R. Delany, 2011
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine
Heterotopia (singular heterotopion) is the name given to focal collections of ectopic neurons in the cerebral hemispheres. Three broad types of gray matter heterotopia are recognized: band heterotopia, periventricular or subependymal ...
Scott W. Atlas, 2009
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Companion to Clinical Neurology
See cover test, phoria. heterotopia (Gr, different + position) (ectopia) Misplacement of a part of the body during development. Within the nervous system, cortical cells land in places other than the cortex as a consequence of arrest of normal ...
William Pryse-Phillips, 2003
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Pediatric Neuroradiology
4.3.5.3 Heterotopia The term heterotopia refers to normal cells occupying an abnormal position within their organ of origin [4]. In the CNS, heterotopia implies arrested migration of normal neurons along the radial glial path between the ...
Paolo Tortori-Donati, Andrea Rossi, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROTOPIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterotopia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Diving into summer
This imaginative component can be seen in her latest work, Heterotopia, which echoes Poolscapes in its consideration of the dichotomy between man-made ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Philippe Parreno Unveils His Glowing Gesamtkunstwerk
The effect of all this, Parreno says, will be a heterotopia of experiences and confluent timelines whose layers constantly shift. He allowed ... «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
3
Deletion of Rapgef6, a candidate schizophrenia susceptibility gene …
Rapgef2 knockout caused cortical heterotopia and failure of axonal decussation in the corpus callosum, indicating a role in neural migration ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
4
For Embryonic Neurons, the Map Is the Territory
... Kallmann syndrome, and periventricular heterotopia. Misplacements can also happen in common developmental disorders such as dyslexia ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, May 15»
5
'Glowing Wavelengths' opens at DePaul Art Museum
She transforms the gallery space into a sort of heterotopia by harnessing the power of science and natural light. Viewers can explore their ... «The DePaulia Online, May 15»
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Brave Ethan's appeal for life-changing donations
Brave Ethan Fagan suffers from numerous health issues, including having an inoperable brain tumour and heterotopia, a disorder where the ... «Redditch Advertiser, Apr 15»
7
A playground that includes every child
Just before his first birthday, Giovanni was diagnosed with two rare neurological conditions: periventricular heterotopia, a disorder in which the ... «The Saratogian, Apr 15»
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Polymorphisms in DCDC2 and S100B associate with developmental …
A novel CNS gene required for neuronal migration and involved in X-linked subcortical laminar heterotopia and lissencephaly syndrome. «Nature.com, Apr 15»
9
Town of Milton to break ground on inclusive playground that offers …
Giovanni was diagnosed just before his first birthday with two rare neurological disorders: periventricular heterotopia, a condition in which the ... «Albany Times Union, Apr 15»
10
Boy born with brain abnormality stuns doctors by walking
Brave Finley Lamb suffers from rare brain abnormality Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia - which means many of his 'grey matter' cells have ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»

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