dictionary help| homologous | medical dictionary |
Corresponding in structure, position, origin, etc., such as the feathers of a bird and the scales of a fish, the antigen and its specific antibody, the allelic chromosomes.
Compare: analogous.
Origin: Gr. Homologos = agreeing, correspondent
(11 Mar 2008)
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