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Heterotopic vs Heterotropic

To the Editor:

Question 6 of the Self-Assessment Quiz on Spinal Cord Injury (Phys Ther, July 1982) mentions "heterotropic bone formation." I bring to the attention of the editors of PHYSICAL THERAPY the correct term—heterotopic. Though it may have been a typographical error, I hope correction will be conveyed to readers, as even in conversation I have heard the wrong term used.

According to Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, heterotopic means "occurring at an abnormal place or upon the wrong part of the body." "Heterotropic" is not found in Dorland's or, for that matter, in any dictionary I consulted. The closest words are heterotropia—"failure of the visual axes to remain parallel when fusion is a possibility," and heterotrophic—"not self-sustaining; said of organisms which require a reduced form of carbon for energy and synthesis."

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