Definition of "heterogenic" in English

adjective

1. (genetics) Of or relating to the genes of different species.

2. (rare) Relating to or involving (people, animals, things, etc, of) different kinds (genera), for example different sexes.

   • 1983, S. M. Al-Sabah, Development Planning in an Oil Economy and the Role of the Woman: The Case of Kuwait, London : Eastlords Pub. There is no question that the mail survey is "the most practical method for obtaining reasonably compatible data across a large geographic base, a large heterogenic group, and also a large sample size".
   • Furthermore, being a woman composer is internally a heterogenic, multifaceted, and even conflicted process.

3. Characteristic of a different sex (especially of hypertrichosis or facial hair typical of a man but found on a woman).

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:heterogenic.