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OP I guessed heterocousin, but that's not in the OED. Ortho seems to mean "right, proper, correct, normal" as in "orthodox". Meta suggests a change (in place, order, condition, or nature), while Para suggests variation, simulation, a subsidiary relationship, or even a perversion (task of the day: drop parabaptism into a conversation). I guess the above is a prolix way of saying I don't know what the opposite of ortho is.
George F. Feissner
Math. Dept.
SUNY College at Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
George F. Feissner
Math. Dept.
SUNY College at Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
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