| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ho·mol·o·gous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h -m l -gs, h - |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Corresponding or similar in position, value, structure, or function. 2. Biology Similar in structure and evolutionary origin, though not necessarily in function, as the flippers of a seal and the hands of a human. 3. Immunology Relating to the correspondence between an antigen and the antibody produced in response to it. 4. Genetics Having the same morphology and linear sequence of gene loci as another chromosome. 5. Chemistry Belonging to or being a series of organic compounds each successive member of which differs from the preceding member by a constant increment, especially by an added CH2 group. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek homologos, agreeing : homo-, homo- + logos, word, proportion; see leg- in Appendix I.
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