An obsolete term denoting skin grafting in which the grafts are taken from the skin of an animal of another species (dermatoheteroplasty). ... Origin: hetero-+ G. Derma, skin ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(het″әr-o-dur´mik) denoting skin for grafting taken from an animal of another species; see heterodermic graft.
heterodermic Denoting a skin graft taken from a member of another species.