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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 ofabdominal 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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