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homologous definition
ho·molo·gous (hō mäl′ə gəs)
adjective
- corresponding in structure, position, character, etc.
- Biol. corresponding in basic type of structure and deriving from a common primitive origin the wing of a bat and the foreleg of a mouse are homologous
- Chem.
- designating or of a series of compounds each member of which has a structure differing regularly by some increment (as a CH group) from that of the adjacent members
- having this relation with another or other compounds of such a series
- designating or of a series of elements in the same group or period of the periodic table, as the halogens, actinides, etc.
- Immunology
- of a serum given to and derived from the same species
- of a serum given to another species but for fighting the same bacterium
- Med. homoplastic (sense )
Etymology: Gr homologos, agreeing < homos, same + legein, say: see logic
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