Abnormal tissue that grows in an unusual location, arising from heteroplasia or abnormal cell differentiation.
From Greek 'hetero-' (different) and 'plasma' (formed substance). Developed in pathology to describe aberrant tissue formation.
Heteroplasm is basically misplaced tissue—when your body accidentally builds something in the wrong spot, like when bone grows where it shouldn't and causes all kinds of medical problems!
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