Heterotaxy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈoʊmkiːpɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛtɹətˌaksi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛtɹətˌaksi/

5 syllables Say it as /hˈoʊmkiːpɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Heterotaxie

jede abnormale Position der Organe des Körpers

🇫🇷French

hétérotaxie

toute position anormale des organes du corps

🇪🇸Spanish

heterotaxia

Cualquier posición anormal de los órganos del cuerpo.

🇮🇹Italian

eterotassia

qualsiasi posizione anomala degli organi del corpo

🇳🇱Dutch

heterotaxie

elke abnormale positie van de organen van het lichaam

🇵🇹Portuguese

heterotaxia

qualquer posição anormal dos órgãos do corpo

🇷🇺Russian

гетеротаксия

любое ненормальное положение органов тела

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हेटेरोटैक्सी

शरीर के अंगों की कोई असामान्य स्थिति

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹீட்டோரோடாக்ஸி

உடலின் உறுப்புகளின் ஏதேனும் அசாதாரண நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

హెటెరోటాక్సీ

శరీర అవయవాల యొక్క ఏదైనా అసాధారణ స్థానం

🇮🇳Gujarati

હેટરોટેક્સી

શરીરના અવયવોની કોઈપણ અસામાન્ય સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೆಟೆರೊಟಾಕ್ಸಿ

ದೇಹದ ಅಂಗಗಳ ಯಾವುದೇ ಅಸಹಜ ಸ್ಥಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹെറ്ററോടാക്സി

ശരീരത്തിൻ്റെ അവയവങ്ങളുടെ ഏതെങ്കിലും അസാധാരണ സ്ഥാനം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

异源性

身体器官的任何异常位置

🇯🇵Japanese

ヘテロタキシー

体の臓器の異常な位置

🇰🇷Korean

이종택시

신체 기관의 비정상적인 위치

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dị hóa

bất kỳ vị trí bất thường nào của các cơ quan trong cơ thể

🇹🇭Thai

เฮเทอโรแท็กซี

ตำแหน่งที่ผิดปกติของอวัยวะในร่างกาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

heterotaksi

setiap posisi organ tubuh yang tidak normal

🇲🇾Malay

heterotaksi

sebarang kedudukan abnormal organ-organ badan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تغاير

أي وضع غير طبيعي لأعضاء الجسم

🇮🇷Persian

هتروتاکسی

هر گونه موقعیت غیر طبیعی اعضای بدن

🇹🇷Turkish

heterotaksi

vücut organlarının herhangi bir anormal konumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

הטרוטקסיה

כל מיקום לא תקין של איברי הגוף

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