homo-, hom- +
(Greek: same, equal, like, similar, common; one and the same)
This Greek prefix forms many scientific and other terms, often in opposition to hetero-. Don’t confuse this Greek homo- element with the Latin homo- which means “mankind”.
homologate, homologating, homologated
1. To acknowledge; to express approval of.
2. To agree; to express assent.
homologic (hoh" muh LOJ ik); homological, homologically
Relating to or governed by homology or corresponding in structure and properties with something else.
homologize, homologizer
To make something have a similar or related structure, position, function, or value to something else.
homologous
1. Used of structures of traits having common ancestry but not necessarily retaining similarity of structure, function, or behaviour.
2. Sharing a similar or related structure, position, function, or value.
2. In biology, sharing the same origin but having a different function, as do, e.g., the wing of a bird and the fin of a fish.
3. In medicine, produced from identical tissue.
homolographic
A reference to the study or presentation of proportions.
homolographic projection
A method of map drawing by which the relative areas of different countries are accurately indicated.
homolography
The study or presentation of proportions, anatomical or geodetic.
homologue
A part or organ that has the same evolutionary origin as another but differs in function, e.g., a bird’s wing in relation to the fin of a fish.
homology (hoh MOL uh jee)
1. Similar characteristics in two animals that are a product of descent from a common ancestor rather than a product of a similar environment.
2. The correspondence of a part or organ of one animal with a similar part or organ of another one, determined by agreement in derivation and development from a like primitive origin, as the foreleg of a quadruped, the wing of a bird, and the pectoral fin of a fish.
3. In chemistry, a similarity in compounds having the same fundamental structure but differing in constituents by a regular succession of changes; such as, the alcohols.
homolomorphism (hoh" muh MOR fizuhm, hom" uh MOR fiz uhm), homomorphic, homomorphous
1. In biology, similarity of external form or appearance but not of structure or origin.
2. In zoology, a resemblance in form between the immature and adult stages of an animal.
homolosine (huh MOL uh sin, huh MOL uh sighn)
Designating a world map combining two homolographic projections so as to portray continents with the least distortion possible.
homomalous
Applied to leaves or branches (especially of mosses) which turn in the same direction.
homomixis
Sexual reproduction in fungi involving the union of genetically similar nuclei from one thallus.
homomorphic, homomorphous
1. A reference to a plant with a dimorphous life cycle in which two different types of individuals in the life cycle are morphologically similar; isomorphic.
2. The regeneration of an organ or part similar to the one lost.
homomorphism
1. In biology, similarity of external form or appearance but not of structure or origin.
2. In zoology, a resemblance in form between the immature and adult stages of an animal.
3. Of, relating to, or characterized by a similarity of form but different structure.
4. Relating to two or more structures of similar size and form, usually of synaptic chromosomes.
5. In mathematics, a transformation of one set into another that preserves in the second set the operations between the members of the first set.
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Confusing Words Related to Homonyms, Homophones, etc.: Units, Groups A to Y.
Related-word units meaning same:
auto-;
equ-;
homeo-;
iso-;
pari-;
peer-;
syn-;
tauto-.