Medical Definition of heterogonic
1
: of, relating to, or marked by allometry
2a
: being or characterized by a course of development in which a generation of parasites is succeeded by a free-living generation
a heterogonic life cycle of a nematode worm
— compare homogonic
b
: relating to or being the free-living generation of a heterogonic life cycle
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