HOMOLOGUE
\hˈɒməlˌɒɡ], \hˈɒməlˌɒɡ], \h_ˈɒ_m_ə_l_ˌɒ_ɡ]\
Definitions of HOMOLOGUE
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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1. Any part or organ of similar structure or composition to another one. 2. Any part or organ of one animal which corresponds in some way to one of another; thus the wing of a bird is the homologue of the arm of a man.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Applied to corresponding organs of animals.
By William R. Warner
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That which is homologous to something else, as the same organ in different animals under its various forms and functions.
By Daniel Lyons
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Correspondence or equivalence of certain organs; the same part or organ in so far as regards its anatomical relation, although differing in form and functions, as the arms in man, the wings in birds, and the pectoral fins in fishes.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Same etymon as homology. A term applied to the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.-Owen.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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