Definitions for "Heterotopic"
Located in an anatomically abnormal site, often in reference to transplantation of an organ.
ossification - the pathologic formation of bony tissue in a location where bone does not normally form, e.g. within muscle.
Ectopic; outside the normal location.
Keywords:  topos, wrong, greek, growing, roots
Indicates a tissue which is growing in the wrong place. From the Greek roots "hetero-" for "other" and "topos" meaning "place.