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- noun An
anatomical condition in which multiplepigmentations orcolorings occur in theeyes ,skin orhair .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term heterochromia iridium is sometimes used to describe one eye with distinctly different patches of color.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Reuenthal was born with a rare eye condition called heterochromia iridum (both eyes are a different colour), which was used as proof that his mother was an adulterer.
Anime Nano! 2009
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The expression of two different eye colors in an animal is called heterochromia irides.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Valerie has heterochromia, meaning she has one blue eye and one green eye.
Blog 2010
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Max Sherzer has unmatching eyes heterochromia; while Derek Holland is still sporting that piss-poor upper lip facial hair.
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It's my own heterochromia, flannel-wearing nightmare.
Leox 2010
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A unilateral lack of sympathetic stimulation in childhood interferes with melanin pigmentation of the melanocytes in the superficial stroma of the iris, resulting in heterochromia.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Link my english teacher had heterochromia- we called her bi-eye yeah, we were punks- why engineer?
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I have heterochromia too. one eye is brown the other is blue.
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A unilateral lack of sympathetic stimulation in childhood interferes with melanin pigmentation of the melanocytes in the superficial stroma of the iris, resulting in heterochromia.
Medpundit 2005
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