homoeomerous

See also: homœomerous

English

Alternative forms

• homeomerous
• homœomerous (archaic)

Etymology

homoe- +‎ o +‎ -merous. From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with μέρος (méros, “portion”).

Adjective

homoeomerous (comparative more homoeomerous, superlative most homoeomerous)

1. (biology) Having similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure.
2. being the same whether whole or in parts
   • 1990 Aristotle's First Principles by Terence Irwin

     A lump of bronze differs from a statue in being homoeomerous; it is divisible into lumps of bronze, whereas the statue is not divisible into statues.

References

• 1906, William Dwight Whitney, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, page 2867.