heterotopia

  1. Noun.  (pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body.
  2. Noun.  (ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats.
  3. Noun.  (philosophy) A type of utopia that actually exists in a society.

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