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See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.

A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic, a.

The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.

In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.

The state or quality of being heteromorphic.

The condition of being heterostyled.

A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.

The principles or authority of a hierarchy. The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman.

The principles of the high-church party.

Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.

Hippophagy. Lowell.

A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.

The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.

Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.

The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (

A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

ssession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.