Medical term:

heteromorphic


heteromorphic

(hĕt′ə-rō-môr′fĭk)
adj.
1. Having different forms at different periods of the life cycle, as in stages of insect metamorphosis.
2. Differing from the standard form in size or structure: heteromorphic chromosome pairs.
het′er·o·mor′phism n.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

heteromorphic

  1. (of an organism) having morphologically different forms in the life history, for example, where there is ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS.
  2. (of pairs of homologous chromosomes) differing in size or form.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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