heterotopia.
Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body
Meaning & usage
Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body
The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats
A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably presenting a utopian vision in physical form or serving to segregate subversive elements from the wider society.
Michel Foucault gave the museum and the mental hospital as two different examples of heterotopias.
Where this word comes from
From hetero- + -topia.
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