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Word: homologous
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Adjective:
- biology corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin e.g. flippers and hands
- chemistry belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group
- genetics having the same morphology as another chromosome
- homologous blood donation
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity such that it suggests a common origin.
- That which is or are derived from the same ancestral structure, base or origination.
Source: Wiktionary
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