heterotaxy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any abnormal position of the organs of the body
    transposition.

WordNet

Het"er*o*tax`y noun
Etymology
Hetero- + Gr. an arrangement, fr. to arrange.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.

Webster 1913