What does the word homologous mean?
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[ Greek] Alike in general structure or type of formation, but not necessarily in physical characters or function, as H. organs, H. hydrocarbons; of tumors resembling in general structure the tissues from which they spring.
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[ Greek] Composed of several members, each formed upon the same type and differing by a common quantity; as H. series. Hence, Homologue, ( 1) an organ which is formed upon the same type of structure as another organ; ( 2) one of a series of similar compounds, each of which is formed from the one before it by the addition of a constant quantity( in the case of the hydrocarbons the radicle CH2). Homology, the state of being h.: resemblance in type of formation or plan of development, without there being necessarily any resemblance in function.
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Noting a homologue; having a general definite relation to others in a series; in zoology, having a correspondence in position or development, though not in function, with a part in another animal, noting, for example, the wing of a bird, the fore- leg of a quadruped, and the arm of man.
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