heterotropic

Meaning

Adjective

• Concerning an effect in one entity that is controlled or influenced by a separate entity, such as when one ligand influences the binding of another ligand.
• Concernaing a process that abnormally takes place outside of its normal system as well as within its normal system.
• Arising from the interaction of separate people or entities.

Related

Similar words

• heterotrope

Opposite words

• homotropic

Origin

• hetero- + tropic