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Word: homologous (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

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.

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