Homologous is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HOMOLOGOUS in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• having the same relative structure, also HOMOLOGICAL
• having the same relation, relative position, or structure.
• (of organs) similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin but not necessarily in function
• (of chromosomes) pairing at meiosis and having the same structural features and pattern of genes.
• (of a series of chemical compounds) having the same functional group but differing in composition by a fixed group of atoms.
• having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure
• Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
• Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
• Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
• Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.
• Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
• having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function
• corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• having the same relative position, value, or structure; as; exhibiting biological homology; having the same or allelic genes with genetic loci usually arranged in the same order; belonging to or consisting of a chemical series whose successive members have a regular difference in composition especially of one methylene group

Words that contain HOMOLOGOUS

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How to use HOMOLOGOUS in a sentence

• The scales of the bud of Horsechestnut are considered to be homologous with petioles, by analogy with other members of the same family.
• For autocratic tempers are bland towards each other, and murderous characteristics can mutually impart something homologous to the refining interchange of beautiful souls.
• It consists of a mixture of homologous hydrocarbons, which form a solid under ordinary conditions.
• In either case, any two parts of the one bear the same ratio to one another as the homologous parts of the other.
• They are called homologous because they have similar parts in similar relations.
• In this case also each pair would be formed by two homologous chromosomes, the one of paternal, the other of maternal origin.
• It follows from these phenomena that any exchange which may be effected must be one of homologous carriers of hereditary units only.
• Homologous parts tend to vary in the same way, and homologous parts tend to cohere.
• Hence the same names can be given to the homologous bones in widely different animals.
• The anterior and posterior limbs in each member of the vertebrate and articulate classes are plainly homologous.

Similar words containing LOGOU without suffix s and without prefix homo

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