situs inversus love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A congenital condition in which internal organs are transposed through the sagittal plane so that the heart, for example, is on the right side of the body.

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  • noun Mirror-reversed position of abdominal organs.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin : Latin situs, location + Latin inversus, past participle of invertere, to invert.]

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